LAS VEGAS - FEBRUARY 01: Comedian, actor and radio personality Artie Lange performs his stand-up comedy routine at the Mandalay Bay Theatre February 1, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ethan Miller/Getty ImagesArtie Lange‘s tweets have landed him in hot water.
Lange’s planned appearance on Comedy Central’s @midnight on Thursday has been pulled following the comic’s sexually and racially charged Twitter rant about Cari Champion, host of ESPN2’s First Take. Comedy Central confirmed the news to The Hollywood Reporter.
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On Nov. 4, Lange tweeted a sexual fantasy involving himself as a plantation owner and Champion, who is black, as his slave. “Here’s the scenario I’m using to j—off to chick on First Take,” he tweeted. “I’m T. Jefferson & she’s my slave. She beats the shit out of me & runs free. Then I c— and she’s free! The Happiest ending ever!” He also tweeted about showing her his “white d—” and trying to whip her.
Lange, who is best known for stints on The Howard Stern Show and MADtv, announced on Twitter on Wednesday that he had been dropped from @midnight. “I don’t hate women,” he wrote. “And to you PC groups that did this, I wanna be clear. Go F— yourselves!” He added: “If you ppl protesting me end my career, what have you accomplished?!”
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Lange later tweeted that he was “sorry to whoever was hurt by the tweets. I will keep some jokes to myself. It’s a different world.”
ESPN has condemned Lange’s messages about Champion. “His comments were reprehensible and no one should be subjected to such hateful language,” the network said in a statement. “They objectify and demean one of our valued employees under the thin guise of ‘comedy’ and are offensive to all of us. We will not dignify them with any other comment.”
Lange’s full Twitter rant can be seen below.
The chick on ESPNs First Take is so fuckin hot!
— Artie Lange (@artiequitter) November 4, 2014
Trying to maintain erection and jerkoff to chick on First Take but they keep cutting back to Stephen A Smith and the white guy. Frustrating!
— Artie Lange (@artiequitter) November 4, 2014
I want the Chick on First Take to laugh at my white dick!
— Artie Lange (@artiequitter) November 4, 2014
Here’s the scenario I’m using to jerkoff to chick on First Take I’m T. Jefferson & she’s my slave. She beats the shit out of me & runs free
— Artie Lange (@artiequitter) November 4, 2014
Then I cum and she’s free! The Happiest ending ever!
— Artie Lange (@artiequitter) November 4, 2014
I attempt to whip @CariChampion cuz she disrespected the Jefferson Plantation but she grabs whip & beats me I cum like a fat founding father
— Artie Lange (@artiequitter) November 4, 2014
I’ve been asked not to appear on @midnight & uve ruined any chance I had at dating @CariChampion (That was a joke). I’m not racist.
— Artie Lange (@artiequitter) November 5, 2014
I don’t hate women. And to u PC groups that did this I wanna be clear. Go FUCK yourselves! Now get back to saving the world. Done. Peace
— Artie Lange (@artiequitter) November 5, 2014
I’m sorry to whoever was hurt by the tweets. I will keep some jokes to myself. It’s a different world. Thx guys and thx to my new friend Pia
— Artie Lange (@artiequitter) November 6, 2014
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