Jason Biggs did it again. "The Orange is the New Black" actor has a history of tweeting insensitive and ill-timed tweets and this time was no different. Biggs came under fire on Thursday after tweeting an insensitive joke on Twitter about the Malaysia Airlines' plane that crashed near the Russian border. After receiving backlash, Biggs apologized in a series of tweets and deleted his insensitive joke.
"Anyone wanna buy my Malaysia Airlines frequent flier miles?" he initially tweeted.
Twitter exploded with anger immediately, with many of his followers criticizing his behavior.
"Too soon man. Too soon," tweeted one person.
"Was your sense of humor on that flight?" responded another.
At first, Biggs responded to the criticism by defending himself, saying that it was only a joke and if people didn't understand his sense of humor they shouldn't be reading his tweets in the first place.
He added, "the idea that I wouldnt have any empathy 4 the victims or their families because I make a joke is absolutely ridiculous. U know that, right?"
Later that day, Biggs did a 360, apologizing for the series of inappropriate tweets.
"Hey all- ok, so- I am deleting my previous tweets. People were offended, and that was not my intent. Sorry to those of you that were," he tweeted.
He later added, "This is obviously a horrible tragedy, and everyone-including myself- is sad and angry about it. Sending positive thoughts to the victims and their families. P.S. No one is making me send these tweets- I simply understand that my comments might have come off as insensitive and ill-timed. For that, I apologize."
The actor is no stranger to Twitter controversies. In 2012, Biggs attracted attention for his sexually inappropriate tweets about Mitt Romney's wife. And in May of this year, Biggs attracted more criticism for making fun of Eric Hill, the late "Bachelorette" contestant who died in a paragliding accident. "Crazy rule change- instead of voting off the contestants, this season #TheBachelorette gets to kill them off," Biggs tweeted.
Writing for Esquire last year, Biggs explained why he loves Twitter controversies and all the hate that comes with it.
"You know what really gets me off? The hate. Oh, how I love the hate. Weird? Perhaps. But to me, watching people get riled up over the most trivial things is pure fking gold."
