A devastating 8.9 earthquake rocked Japan on Wednesday. The death toll is insurmountable and has caused a nuclear catastrophe that rivals that of America’s incident with Three Mile Island. People are suffering and dying or mourning the loss of their loved ones. So naturally those tasteless hacks try to make jokes out of it. Beyond the fact that this is a horrible tragedy…none of the jokes are remotely funny or even a tad bit amusing.
Gilbert Gottfried, who voices the Duck mascot for Aflac, took to Twitter to show the world he has the comical talent of box of baking soda.
Aflac immediately hit ALT+ESC+STFU and fired Gottfried…
“Gilbert’s recent comments about the crisis in Japan were lacking in humor and certainly do not represent the thoughts and feelings of anyone at Aflac … Aflac will immediately set plans in motion to conduct a nationwide casting call to find a new voice of the iconic Aflac Duck.”
Some think the firing was too much others agree with the insurance agency’s decision while applauding their common decency. One comment I saw supporting the decision to immediately fire him made the point, “Nothing is ever funny about thousands of people dying. People don’t need to lighten up- some jackass’ need to smarten up.”
This isn’t the first time Gilbert joked about a substantial loss of life after a disaster. Three weeks after the Twin Towers came crashing down on September 11th, he joked at the Friars Club Roast of Hugh Hefner that he had tried to get a direct flight to New York “but they said they have to stop at the Empire State Building first.”
50 Cent also proved what an ass he is by trying to be funny. He too took to Twitter to release his “ignorance.”
“Wave will hit 8am them crazy white boys gonna try to go surfing”
“Look this is very serious people I had to evacuate all my hoe’s from LA,Hawaii and Japan. I had to do it. Lol.”
Later he defended his comments stating that he Tweeted the poor attempt at humor for “shock value.”
So what did they really benefit from those tasteless Tweets? Gilbert GottFIRED, no one seemed to find them funny and they look like a classless a-hole. Way to go.
