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"Jason Alexander didn&amp;apos;t understand why his &amp;quot;gay game&amp;quot; joke was offensive at first, but he does now -- and he&amp;apos;s sorry.\r\nThe former Seinfeld actor appeared Friday on CBS&amp;apos; Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and talked about the game of cricket.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Have you ever played cricket?&amp;quot; Craig Ferguson asked. &amp;quot;Cricket&amp;apos;s an amazing game.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s a gay game,&amp;quot; Alexander, 52, said. &amp;quot;There&amp;apos;s a lot of people wearing white. People wearing helmets for no discernible reason&amp;#x2026;Everybody breaks for tea in the middle.&amp;quot;\r\nFerguson joked, &amp;quot;Yea, it&amp;apos;s a cross between baseball and Downton Abbey.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nBut on Sunday, Alexander wrote a lengthy apology on Twitter that he said was &amp;quot;a message of amends.&amp;quot; The star said shortly after his appearance, &amp;quot;A few of my Twitter followers made me aware that they were both gay and offended by the joke. And truthfully, I could not understand why.&amp;quot;\r\nBut after spending some time thinking about it, Alexander says he realizes he was wrong. &amp;quot;And the worst part is &amp;#x2013; I should know better,&amp;quot; he wrote. &amp;quot;My daily life is filled with gay men and women, both socially and professionally. I am profoundly aware of the challenges these friends of mine face and I have openly advocated on their behalf.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;So, I can only apologize and I do. In comedy, timing is everything. And when a group of people are still fighting so hard for understanding, acceptance, dignity and essential rights &amp;#x2013; the time for some kinds of laughs has not yet come. I hope my realization brings some comfort.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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