Jason Biggs, much like his character Larry Bloom, is quickly becoming the most hated man on the internet. After tweeting a bad joke following the tragic MH17 crash last Thursday, which I think we’ve all pretty much established was not so much offensive as it was just bad and that the bigger issue was the resulting meltdown tantrum he had over the backlash it caused — he eventually deleted his tweets and issued a twitter apology. The biggest question I have is who do you think stepped in, here? The wife, agent, publicist — or a little from columns A through C?
But his penance was not finished with a Twitter apology, and as a co-host for Monday’s The View, he issued a more formal verbal apology, because I can’t think of anything more degrading for a guy to have to apologize to the ladies of The View, of all people, over a bad joke. (And what is up with him going on The View every other day, anyway?) Video isn’t available yet, but here are some snippets:
“There was one line, an old adage,” Biggs, 36, said on the program. “‘Never attribute to malice that which is explained by stupidity.’ I certainly meant no harm; there was no malice, but I was stupid. It was poorly timed. I’ve always tried to find the humor in situations… it’s a knee-jerk reaction for me, it’s how I cope.”
Biggs added to outgoing co-host Jenny McCarthy on Monday that he initially had no grasp of “the extent and magnitude of what had happened” after joking about the tragedy. “I have nothing but sympathy for the victims and their families,” he added. “I’ve learned my lesson and would like to move on.”
Not so fast, there, Jason Biggs, because while you may be ready to move on, the internet wants basically the complete opposite of that. Twitter reactions to the interview were … Not kind.
Oh @ Jason Biggs conveniently forgetting that he called people who criticized his tweet, “losers” and “assholes” – Go away. #TheView
— L. (@unforsakenroad) July 21, 2014
Can Jason Biggs stop apologizing about those tweets. He look/sounds pathetic. Only apologizing cause he can’t handle the backlash. #theview
— Confess_Lee (@Confess_Lee) July 21, 2014
anyone else notice how awkward jason biggs is after his oh so heartfelt apology. #theview
— Daniel Van Auken (@DJosephMarshall) July 21, 2014
Jason Biggs has history of tweets that are in bad taste. He initially was very rude to ppl he offended by Malaysian airline tweet. #TheView
— Cocoa Popps (@CocoaPopps) July 21, 2014
Lame attempt at an apology @jasonbiggs #theview
— Rae (@RaeFedUp) July 21, 2014
I wonder if Jason Biggs will put his foot in his mouth again today while co-hosting the View….
— Shannon Allely (@shannonallely) July 21, 2014
I suspect @JasonBiggs will try again to dig himself out of his #MH17 twitter hole as he’s co-hosting on @theviewtv on Monday. Apology FAILED
— 29plussome (@29plussome) July 21, 2014
THANKS, OBAMA.
On The View @JasonBiggs says sorry for his airliner disaster tweets. He fits right in with the other Obama-loving halfwits in that barnyard
— JakeBradford (@jake_bradford88) July 21, 2014