David Letterman: Apologizes for 'flawed' joke on Sarah Palin's daughters

David Letterman: Apologizes for 'flawed' joke on Sarah Palin's daughters

On Monday David Letterman has sought apology on Monday for making a sexually charged joke about one of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's teenage daughters when a group of supporters of Sarah Palin planned to organize a rally with their demand to fire the late-night television show host.

During Monday's taping of "Late Night with David Letterman," he said, "I told a joke that was beyond flawed, and my intent is completely meaningless compared to the perception" of the joke by viewers,

Letterman continued, "And since it was a joke I told, I feel that I need to do the right thing here and apologize for having told that joke." "It's not your fault that it was misunderstood, it's my fault."

On last Tuesday, Letterman cracked a joke that New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez had "knocked up" the former vice-presidential nominee's daughter during a family trip to a baseball game.

However the daughter in question was fourteen year old Willow and not eighteen year old unwed mother Bristol. Later Letterman said that he was confused between the two and would never make sexual jokes about a fourteen year old.

Despite his explanation, Palin has charged that Letterman made "sexually perverted" comments.

In the transcript from Monday's show, Letterman also sought apology from Palin and both her daughters.

He said, "I would like to apologize especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the Governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke. I'm sorry about it and I'll try to do better in the future,"


Palin and protest organizers, including Republican New York State Assemblyman Brian Kolb, have said that the comments were demeaning to women, and they are comparing the instance of Letterman to that of radio host Don Imus, who was fired from CBS radio for offensive comments about a black women's basketball team.

However on Monday all the representatives for Palin were not immediately available to comment on Letterman's apology.