Jason Biggs defends tweeting ways
NEW YORK (AP) - Jason Biggs is brushing off criticism he received during the recent election season for vulgar tweets that referenced the wives of both Republican Mitt Romney and his running mate in the presidential race, Paul Ryan.
The "American Pie" star took heat for off-color comments posted to his Twitter feed at the time of the Republican National Convention in August. The outpouring of criticism from parents groups, pundits and others led Nickelodeon to issue an apology for the actor's comments on the social media website. Biggs is providing one of the voices in the cable TV station's new animated series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."
"I made a political tweet, so I got a little bit of heat from the right," he said.
With elections over, Biggs says he's moving on.
He appeared Monday night in New York at the annual 24 Hour Plays event, which was sponsored by luxury pen-maker Montblanc to benefit the Urban Arts Partnership. The benefit draws more than two dozen actors who write, rehearse, and perform one of six plays that they began working on the night before.
Biggs' tweets have also poked fun at the Kardashians, Amanda Bynes, Lindsay Lohan and the ABC show "The Bachelorette."
"I'm more afraid of the Kardashians, than I am of the Republicans," he said.
He said he sees Twitter as an extension of the darker side of his humor.
As a three-time performer in 24 Hour Plays benefit, Biggs says he's grown to feel more comfortable with the process.
"It's a little easier. But it's still nerve-racking, man."
The "American Pie" star took heat for off-color comments posted to his Twitter feed at the time of the Republican National Convention in August. The outpouring of criticism from parents groups, pundits and others led Nickelodeon to issue an apology for the actor's comments on the social media website. Biggs is providing one of the voices in the cable TV station's new animated series "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles."
"I made a political tweet, so I got a little bit of heat from the right," he said.
With elections over, Biggs says he's moving on.
He appeared Monday night in New York at the annual 24 Hour Plays event, which was sponsored by luxury pen-maker Montblanc to benefit the Urban Arts Partnership. The benefit draws more than two dozen actors who write, rehearse, and perform one of six plays that they began working on the night before.
Biggs' tweets have also poked fun at the Kardashians, Amanda Bynes, Lindsay Lohan and the ABC show "The Bachelorette."
"I'm more afraid of the Kardashians, than I am of the Republicans," he said.
He said he sees Twitter as an extension of the darker side of his humor.
As a three-time performer in 24 Hour Plays benefit, Biggs says he's grown to feel more comfortable with the process.
"It's a little easier. But it's still nerve-racking, man."
he really is a pig, isn't he?
No, I'm sorry, he's a liar. He didn't just make a "political tweet". He made repeated, disgusting, degrading tweets, which would have been unacceptable targeted at anyone.
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And it's one thing for the average celebrity to have no filter between their brain and the keyboard and transmit crap over twitter. Â The kicker is that Nickelodeon was promoting his twitter handle in their feed (he is a voice actor on the reboot of TMNT). Surprise, kids! Sexually explicit, vile statements! It wasn't just "the right"... parents weren't thrilled, either. Natch, Nick only gave him a "tut-tut".
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Stay classy, Biggs.
 @Gimmer Actually, he's just another American exercising his right to express his opinion.
 @Gimmer Freedom of speech. I guess you don't believe in that.
 @Barlion Yes, that's precisely what I was implying or said. Not.
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What I believe in is accountability for our actions. We don't get to make vile, disparaging statements about others, say, "haha, just kidding," like Biggs here, and get a pass whilst also being promoted on something directed toward children.
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He has the freedom to behave like a fool, and we have just as much freedom to call him on it and hold him to account.
 @doxiemom2008 And again I say to you that assertion is paranoid hogwash. The election is over.  Life is more than political partisanship and our society is far more diverse than this silly little republican vs democrat stuff.
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And just so you understand here, I'm not defending Jason Biggs. I'm defending his right.Â
 @Sovereign Jumping to his defense and accusing me of being paranoid. Exactly what I would expect. As I said, libs and Dems are given a pass to say anything, no matter how vile, while anyone who is the slightest bit conservative is painted with a completely different brush.Â
 @Gimmer Hold him to account according to who? If you don't like what he says, don't listen to him or read what he says. He doesn't answer to you anymore than you to him. Whine all you want. I don't care for what he said either, but I'm too old to be getting all bent out of shape about it.
 @doxiemom2008 In what way did I prove your point?
 @Sovereign Thank you for proving my point. Now try and post something as vile about Michelle's anatomy & see what happens.
 @doxiemom2008 Absolute paranoid hogwash.
 @Gimmer  @Barlion Your failure to comprehend his brand of humor is not his fault.
 @Gimmer  @Barlion He gets a pass because he is a liberal. If he was a conservative saying something about M.O. you can bet this board would be lit up like a fireworks show with condemnation. The last 10 or more years have been that way. If you are a liberal or a Democrat, you can say or do anything and get a pass from the media and most of the public, but say anything against them, and watch the accusations of bias and racism fly!
 @Gimmer *Klassy