Jonah Hill wants people to know that he’s really sorry for calling a photographer a “f—t” over the weekend.
“I said the most hurtful word I could think of at that moment and, you know, I didn’t mean this in the sense of the word … I didn’t mean it in a homophobic way,” the “22 Jump Street” star, 30, said during his appearance on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” Monday.
“And I think that doesn’t matter, you know? How you mean things doesn’t matter. Words have weight and meaning and the word I chose was grotesque and no one deserves to say and hear words like that.”
Over the weekend, Hill was captured on camera telling a paparazzo to “Suck my d—k, f—t!”
“I’ve been a supporter of the LGBT 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,” he continued. “My heart’s broken and I genuinely am deeply sorry to anyone who’s been affected by that term in their life. I’m sorry and I don’t deserve or expect your forgiveness, but what I’ll ask is that 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 into the world and again, I’m just so sorry.”
The actor, who’s starred in comedies like “Superbad” and “This Is the End,” added that he felt he deserved any grief he might get for his hurtful choice of words.
“I know I’m usually funny and stuff, but this wasn’t funny, it was stupid, and I deserve all the s—t I’m going to get for it, you know?”
Earlier Monday, Hill appeared on “The Howard Stern Show” to discuss his behavior.
“Look, I think I am pretty good at making movies, I am not good at being a famous person. I’m just not!” the actor told Stern.
“There are some people who are meant for it. If you call me ugly, if you call family members of mine drug addicts and maniacs, I’m eventually going to lose my cool. Now what I said in that moment, was disgusting and a hurtful term. I should have said either nothing or ‘f—k you.’”