By Jeremy Kinser
Carson Daly had obviously forgotten about the heroic effort of the
late Mark Bingham when he joked that gay people wouldn't have been
able to restrain the JetBlue pilot who suffered a mid-air meltdown
Wednesday. No one knows exactly what happened after Bingham, a gay
man, and other passengers stormed the cockpit on September 11, but
it's safe to say they were the inspiration for the new culture of
activist passengers on planes these days.
Daly, who is also a producer and host of NBC's The Voice, quickly
issued an apology via his Twitter account, saying, "This morning on my
radio show I attempted to make fun of myself & offended others by
mistake. I sincerely apologize."
Daly was joking about JetBlue pilot Clayton Osbon, who had a breakdown
on a flight between New York and Las Vegas. He reportedly started
shouting about a bomb, was locked out of the cockpit, then passengers
jumped into action and used seat belts and plastic handcuffs to
restrain him. TMZ reports that Carson discussed the pilot during his
radio show this morning. "Most of the people were on their way to some
sort of security conference in Las Vegas," Daly said. "It was like a
bunch of dudes and well trained dudes... thank God."
Daly joked, "With my luck, it would be like 'this is the flight going
to Pride in San Francisco... I mean, that would be my colleagues. Uh,
we're headed down to Vegas for the floral convention." Daly then
affects a lisping, stereotypical voice to imitate a gay passenger,
"Oh, no, no thanks you. Handle it!"
The Advocate's Hall of Fame honoree Bingham, a 6-foot-4 gay rugby
player, was on board United flight 93 on September 11, 2001 and was
among passengers who stormed the cabin, preventing the al-Qaeda
terrorists from slamming the plane into either the U.S. Capitol or the
White House.
Listen to Carson's comments below.
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Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
Have a great day,
Tommy
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Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
Have a great day,
Tommy
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