50 Cent under fire after cheap joke about Japanese earthquake tragedy

By PAUL THOMPSON

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried fired as voice of duck by insurance company Aflac for vile comments

Controversy: 50 Cent joked about the tragic tsunami on his Twitter page


Rapper 50 Cent has sparked outrage after mocking the Japanese earthquake victims.

As the death toll continues to climb from the devastating 9.0 earthquake the singer took to his Twitter account to comment on the catastrophe.

'Look this is very serious people I had to evacuate all my hoes from LA, Hawaii and Japan. I had to do it. Lol,' he Tweeted.

He added shortly afterwards, 'Nah this is nuts but what can anyone do about it. Let’s pray for anyone who has lost someone.'


Out of order: The rapper posted the controversial messages to his Twitter page


The rapper later admitted that he Tweets for shock value, saying: 'Some of my tweets are ignorant I do it for shock value. Hate it or love it. I’m cool either way 50cent.”

He sent out his remarks on the social networking site as millions on the west coast of America were put on a tsunami alert following the disaster in Japan.

'Wave will hit 8am them crazy white boys gonna try to go surfing.' he tweeted.
American comedian Gilbert Gottfried also made vile jokes about the devastating disaster.

'I just split up with my girlfriend, but like the Japanese say, "They'll be another one floating by any minute now," Gottfried, 56, tweeted on Saturday.

He added: 'What does every Japanese person have in their apartment? Flood lights.'
Gottfried has now been fired from insurance company Aflac as the voice of the duck in the ad campaigns.

'Gilbert’s recent comments about the crisis in Japan were lacking in humor and certainly do not represent the thoughts and feelings of anyone at Aflac,' a spokesman for the firm told TMZ.


Fired: Gilbert Gottfried has been sacked by insurance company Aflac for making vile jokes about the tsunami


source: dailymail