"Bean Dad" John Roderick Issues Apology Over Twitter Controversy

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Armie Hammer recently issued an apology after the current controversy of his alleged DMs and an NSFW video allegedly posted by the actor on his private Instagram account. Now, Armie has released a statement apologising about the graphic and now-viral post that was leaked to the public amidst his DM scandal.

Bruce Willis owned up to his mistake and issued an apology on Wednesday for not wearing a mask in public amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The "Die Hard" star said it was an "error in judgment" when he decided not to wear a mask while at a Rite Aid store on Monday.

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Mar-a-Lago's New Year's Eve party. Posting a statement to Berlin's Facebook page, the "Take My Breath Away" singer said she was sorry for performing at the mask-less event, which also featured members from the Beach Boys, Vanilla Ice, and fellow 1980s pop performer Taylor Dayne.

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pic.twitter.com/KCKRP3099c— ManiacalV will never DM you for money (ColinT) (@ManiacalV) January 3, 2021After the “Bean Dad” saga, users began to dig up old tweets by Roderick where he’d used offensive slurs.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorOver the weekend, indie-rock fans of a certain age were surprised to learn that “Bean Dad” — a man who posted a long Twitter thread about refusing to teach his hungry, crying daughter how to operate a can opener — was John Roderick, frontman of the veteran Seattle band the Long Winters and currently a podcaster. Many were even more disturbed to learn that Roderick’s Twitter history included racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic language.

Ken Jennings is defending his podcast co-host John Roderick following a controversy that saw the latter labeled "Bean Dad." That, in turn, led to some social media users accusing Roderick of "child abuse" and then digging up old tweets that they charged are racist, anti-semitic and homophobic.

"Jeopardy!" champ Ken Jennings spoke out in defense of his podcast co-host, John Roderick, after he caught backlash for telling a story about his daughter that readers likened to child abuse.  Jennings, who has been tapped to be the first guest host of the popular game show in the wake of longtime host Alex Trebek’s death, hosts a podcast called "Omnibus" alongside Roderick.Together, the duo unpacks odd true stories in an effort to create a sort of time capsule for future generations.  Over the

“Bean Dad”, the viral controversy of the day, has ensnared “Jeopardy!” champ Ken Jennings.

Ken Jennings is apologizing for his past controversial tweets. Taking to Twitter Wednesday, the Jeopardy! winner admitted to having tweeted"unartful and insensitive things," which resurfaced after it was announced he would host upcoming episodes of Jeopardy! in wake of the late Alex Trebek's death.

Ken Jennings is owning up to his social media mistakes. The champ took to Twitter on Wednesday to address some insensitive tweets he'd posted in the past. «Hey, I just wanted to own up to the fact that over the years on Twitter, I’ve definitely tweeted some unartful and insensitive things,» Jennings began his lengthy apology.

Ken Jennings went on an apology tour after old tweets mocking the disabled community resurfaced.In a string of tweets on Wednesday, December 30, the Jeopardy! consulting producer, 46, admitted that he tweeted “some unartful and insensitive things” in the past.Jennings claimed that many of the tweets “worked as jokes” in his mind, but said he was “dismayed to see how they read on screen.” He didn’t delete them, though, because he thought that would be “whitewashing a mistake.”He wrote, “Sometimes

Alex Trebek’s Jeopardy! successor isn’t just apologizing for a bad tweet — he’s issuing a blanket apology for anything insensitive he’s ever tweeted!