Late night talk show host David Letterman has issued a public apology to Alaska governor Sarah Palin and her family after a week long feud stemming from a sexual natured joke about one of Palin’s daughters getting “knocked up” during the seventh inning of a Yankees game.
Per People:
“I told a bad joke,” Letterman said during the taping of Monday’s show. “I told a joke that was beyond flawed, and my intent is completely meaningless compared to the perception. It’s not your fault that it was misunderstood, it’s my fault,” Letterman said, getting applause from the audience. “So I would like to apologize, especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke. I’m sorry about it and I’ll try to do better in the future. Thank you very much.”
He claims that his intended target was 18 year old Bristol Palin, saying he went as far as to make sure she was of legal age before making the joke, without realizing that it was actually Palins’ 14 year old daughter Willow who had accompanied her mother to the game instead. Palin and her husband Todd responded quickly to the joke, calling the comments “sexually perverted.” However, this morning Palin has accepted Lettermans’ apology.
Jeesh, lighten up people. In his joke he never mentioned the daughter by name so whos fault really is it to have assumed he meant the younger one? It was just a joke – one that he has since apologized for, so just let it go and move on. There are far more important issues to be worried about.
