Jonah Hill apologized a second time for using a homophobic slur towards a photographer who was teasing him about his clothing. TMZ released a video of the actor saying "suck my d*ck, you f**t" to a paparazzo who was following him around Los Angeles over the weekend.
Hill, who is currently promoting his latest movie "22 Jump Street" starring Channing Tatum," appeared on "The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon" on June 3 and issued another apology. The 30-year-old actor explained that the photographer had been antagonizing him and he got angry.
"This weekend I was out with some friends. There was a paparazzi guy and he was antagonizing me and calling me names, attacking me personally, my family personally. I was genuinely hurt by this and made angry by this. In response, I wanted to hurt him back and I said the most hurtful word I could think of at that moment. I didn't mean this in the sense of the word. I didn't mean it in a homophobic way. I think that... that doesn't matter, you know? How you mean things doesn't matter. Words have weight in meaning. The word I chose was grotesque. No one deserves to say or hear words like that. I've been supportive to the LGBTQ community my entire life and I completely let the members of that community and everybody else down when I used a word like that this weekend. My heart's broken. I'm genuinely deeply sorry to anyone who has ever been affected by that term in their life. I'm sorry and I don't deserve or expect your forgiveness. But what I ask if that you're at home, if you're watching this and you're a young person especially; if someone says something that hurts you or angers you, use me as an example of what not to do. And don't respond with hatred or anger, because you're just adding more ugliness to the world. Again, I'm so sorry."
Hill said that he knows he's usually seen as the funny guy but in this case "it wasn't funny, it was stupid."
"I deserve the s**t I'm going to get for it," he added.
The "Wolf of Wall Street" star first apologized for insulting the photographer on Howard Stern's radio show saying that his comment was "disgusting."
