It's been a hard month for Ashton Kutcher. The world thinks he cheated on Demi, Two and a Half Men is in a ratings slump and now he's gone and tweeted his cyber foot into his cyber mouth.
The sordid cyber mess began when the 33-year-old heard of the firing of Joe Paterno, the 84 year old Penn State football coach.
"How dare you fire Jo Pa?" Kutcher tweeted to his over eight million followers. "Insult #noclass as a hawkeye fan I find it in poor taste."
Which would be all fine and dandy if Parterno's firing was simply a sports decision. However, "Jo Pa" was let go after former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky was charged on 40 counts of sexual abuse of children. Turns out Paterno allegedly found out about Sandusky's misconduct a decade ago, yet failed to contact the authorities.
Suffice it to say, Kutcher's followers were less than supportive.
""F--- you," one (presumably ex) follower tweeted at the star. "He covered up child rape you sick, geriatric f---."
Shortly after realizing his mistake, Kutcher – who, along with his wife founded the DNA Foundation, an organization working to end to child sex slavery -- apologized for his hasty remarks.
"Heard Joe was fired, fully recant previous tweet! Didn't have full story. #admitwhenYoumakemistakes...," he wrote. "This is an insane story, I just heard paterno was fired, getting the rest of the story now...wow."
Kutcher soon erased the whole mess from his feed, leaving only, "As an advocate in the fight against child sexual exploitation, I could not be more remorseful for all involved in the Penn St. case"
He then added, "As of immediately I will stop tweeting until I find a way to properly manage this feed. Feel awful about this error. Won't happen again."
original source: http://www.canada.com/entertainment/story.html?id=5696601
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