<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Lena Dunham is sorry -- just not K-Stew sorry.\r\nEarlier this week, the Girls creator, 26, made a racially insensitive and particularly ill-timed joke, in light of the hate-fueled shooting that took place at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin Sunday. Dunham tweeted a photo of herself in a scarf wrapped to resemble a hijab and captioned it, &amp;quot;I had a real goth/fundamentalist attitude when I woke up from my nap.&amp;quot; (Because of the head-coverings Sikhs wear, followers of the monotheistic South Asian religion are often mistaken for Muslims and subjected to the same discriminations.)\r\n\r\nDunham quickly realized her carelessness and deleted the tweet, issuing a stream of mea culpas. &amp;quot;Been in production and completely not reading the news. Didn&amp;apos;t realize what a bad time it was to make a joke like that. Not a good excuse you guys, but an excuse nonetheless,&amp;quot; she wrote Thursday. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m glad you keep me informed and I&amp;apos;m deleting those tweets.&amp;quot;\r\nAdded the filmmaker, &amp;quot;Will spend tonight reading my pile of old NY Times, contemplating the boundaries of humor. I try and learn something new every day.&amp;quot;\r\nAfter one tweeter told her to disregard her Twitter-haters, Dunham replied, &amp;quot;You SHOULD apologize if you make a mistake! I mean, not to the K Stew level, but . . .&amp;quot;\r\nIndeed, the apology issued by Twilight star Kristen Stewart -- who, up until news of her cheating scandal broke, had been notoriously private about her feelings for boyfriend Robert Pattinson -- has been picked apart by fans and critics alike as being over-the-top and disingenuous, a &amp;quot;too little too late&amp;quot; sentiment made public only to protect her image.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;This momentary indiscretion has jeopardized the most important thing in my life, the person I love and respect the most, Rob,&amp;quot; Stewart, 22, said in her statement. &amp;quot;I love him, I love him, I&amp;apos;m so sorry.&amp;quot;\r\nTell Us: Do celebrities owe the public apologies for inappropriate jokes (a la Dunham&amp;apos;s) or scandalous behavior (like Stewart&amp;apos;s)?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/lena-dunham-mocks-kristen-stewarts-public-apology-to-robert-pattinson-2012108>