{"id":311970,"date":"2011-03-15T20:09:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T20:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/15\/gilbert-gottfried-apologizes-for-tsunami-tweets\/"},"modified":"2011-03-15T20:09:47","modified_gmt":"2011-03-15T20:09:47","slug":"gilbert-gottfried-apologizes-for-tsunami-tweets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/15\/gilbert-gottfried-apologizes-for-tsunami-tweets\/","title":{"rendered":"Gilbert Gottfried Apologizes for Tsunami Tweets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.people.com\/people\/article\/0,,20473876,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span><br \/>\nPeople.com<br \/>\n<\/span><\/a> : \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n A day after Gilbert Gottfried was fired as the Aflac duck for making light of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the comedian is saying sorry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by my attempt at humor regarding the tragedy in Japan,&#8221; Gottfried, 56, the voice of the duck since 2000, says in a statement. &#8220;I meant no disrespect, and my thoughts are with the victims and their families.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/201ed65bget.media_590-150x90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/foreign.peacefmonline.com\/entertainment\/201103\/144637.php\" title=\"Gilbert Gottfried Apologizes for Tsunami Tweets\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gilbert Gottfried Apologizes for Tsunami Tweets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> People.com : \u00a0\u00a0 A day after Gilbert Gottfried was fired as the Aflac duck for making light of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the comedian is saying sorry. &#8220;I sincerely apologize to anyone who was offended by my attempt at humor regarding the tragedy in Japan,&#8221; Gottfried, 56, the voice of the duck since 2000, says in a statement. &#8220;I meant no disrespect, and my thoughts are with the victims and their families.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-311970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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