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"  How I Met Your Mother creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas have apologized for using yellowface in a recent episode. &amp;#039;Slapsgiving 3: Slappointment in Slapmarra&amp;#039; \u2013 which aired on CBS on Monday (January 13) \u2013 featured Cobie Smulders, Josh Radnor and Alyson Hannigan dressed in stereotypical Asian attire as part of the show&amp;#039;s ongoing slap bet saga. There was significant outrage on Twitter, with the hashtag #HowIMetYourRacism trending online in the two days since the episode premiered. How I Met Your Mother creators Bays and Thomas have now issued a formal apology on Twitter. &amp;quot;Hey guys, sorry this took so long. @himymcraig and I want to say a few words about #HowIMetYourRacism,&amp;quot; they wrote in a joint statement. They continued: &amp;quot;With Monday&amp;#039;s episode, we set out to make a silly and unabashedly immature homage to Kung Fu movies, a genre we&amp;#039;ve always loved. &amp;quot;But along the way we offended people. We&amp;#039;re deeply sorry, and we&amp;#039;re grateful to everyone who spoke up to make us aware of it. &amp;quot;We try to make a show that&amp;#039;s universal, that anyone can watch and enjoy. We fell short of that this week, and feel terrible about it. &amp;quot;To everyone we offended, I hope we can regain your friendship, and end this series on a note of goodwill. Thanks. @CarterBays @HimymCraig.&amp;quot; How I Met Your Mother is in the midst of airing its final season. A spinoff titled How I Met Your Father is in the works at CBS. Photo Credit: Fox "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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