Outspoken NHL star Dustin Penner has been dropped from a scheduled analyst spot on TSN after making an offensive rape joke and then following it up with a series of equally tasteless remarks.
The former Washington Capitals winger and current free agent had been scheduled to appear on TSN's TradeCentre on Monday discussing the hockey league's trade deadline, but that was before his bone-headed tweet:
Is it always consensual if she's your girlfriend? Asking for my gf...& shortly arriving police
— Dustin Penner (@Dustinpenner25) March 1, 2015
Rather than apologize Penner attempted to justify his remark by tweeting that his girlfriend was in on it too:
Is it a rape joke if it's your girlfriend? Is this even my girlfriend?!?!
— Dustin Penner (@Dustinpenner25) March 1, 2015
If the 32-year-old thought others might share his sense of humor he was sorely mistaken as he received a series of replies from other Twitter uses who reminded Penner that rape is never funny.
An undeterred Penner continued making light of the situation with another attempt at being funny.
I came up with the joke with my gf U idiots freaking out about this.
— Dustin Penner (@Dustinpenner25) March 1, 2015
But after giving it some thought on Saturday night, Penner issued an apology on Sunday.
My goal isn't to hurt anybody who has suffered. I can see how my words might have done this though. To those who were hurt by it: I'm sorry
— Dustin Penner (@Dustinpenner25) March 1, 2015
Some friends have texted me today telling me they're survivors. They said that while I didn't intend harm it still might've hurt survivors.
— Dustin Penner (@Dustinpenner25) March 1, 2015
Penner also tweeted that the decision for him not to appear on TSN was a "mutual decision."
To set the record straight I pulled out of the TSN gig an hour after my tweet because of the position I put them in. pic.twitter.com/N5k8wKHxsc
— Dustin Penner (@Dustinpenner25) March 2, 2015
It still doesn't sound like Penner has a grasp of this whole "mutual" thing just yet.
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