Comedienne Natasha Leggero Mocks Backlash to Pearl Harbor Joke, Refuses ... - Mediaite

Comedienne Natasha Leggero got some flak for a quip about Pearl Harbor veterans ^[1] only being able to chew SpaghettiO’s on NBC’s New Year’s Eve special with Carson Daly ^[2] , and on Friday she responded ^[3] to the “creatively misspelled death threats, rape fantasies and most of all repeated use of the the C word” that she got in response, refusing to apologize for what was nothing more than a joke.

Leggero posted a lengthy explanation ^[4] on her website and Tumblr on all the online hate and why it’s not worth apologizing for the simple joke.

I wish I could apologize, but do you really want another insincere apology that you know is just an attempt at damage control and not a real admission of guilt? Let me just try instead to be honest.

I’m not sorry. I don’t think the amazing courage of American veterans and specifically those who survived Pearl Harbor is in any way diminished by a comedian making a joke about dentures on television. Do we really believe that the people who fought and defended our freedom against Nazis and the Axis powers will find a joke about Spaghetti O’s too much to bear?

And to really hammer the point home, Leggero notes that rather than getting worked up over a joke that might have offended veterans, people should maybe care more about the welfare and well-being of these veterans, encouraging people to make a donation to the Disabled American Veterans foundation ^[5] .