Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Gilbert Gottfried FIRED by Aflac Over Japan Earthquake Comments

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried has been fired by Aflac, one of the top foreign insurance companies in Japan, which also does 75% of its business in that country. The reason? Gottfried made some insensitive comments and jokes on his Twitter account following Japan’s earthquake.

Gottfried, who is a spokesperson of the company as the “Aflac duck”, posted at least two jokes on Twitter (which have now been deleted):
“Japan called me. They said ‘maybe those jokes are a hit in the U.S., but

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