Gilbert Gottfried Under Fire for Tweeting 12 Shocking Tsunami-Related Jokes – the Hollywood Reporter

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried is under fire for Tweeting a series of mean spirited jokes about the earthquake and tsunami in Japan (the death toll has hit around 3,000).

Another read, “Japan called me. They said “maybe those jokes are a hit in the US, but over here, they’re all sinking.”

A flurry of outrage exploded on Twitter a short time later. “Anyone say not funny?” read one Tweet. Another Tweeted: “Wow, Gilbert Gottfried. Really? STFU.” Another called Gottfried an expletive. 

Later, the rapper admitted on Twitter that some of his messages were “ignorant” and he wrote them “for shock value.”