4. David Arquette Apologizes for His Sotomayor Comments
David Arquette recently spent a little time sitting in a box atop the Madison Square Garden marquee in New York City.
Courteney Cox Arquette's spouse was trying to raise awareness of the hunger issue as part of the Snickers "Bar Hunger" Campaign when he offered an opinion on Judge Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court.
"I think Latino women are — it depends on the women — but I think they are, they have great judgment but there are some that are just nuts. I would just say it — I mean, you can't . . ." [laughs].
When asked by an interviewer whether his wife was a Latina, he replied, "No, she's not Latino, but I'm from Los Angeles so we know all about the Latino women. I don't know what I'm talking about but . . ."
After the inevitable uproar ensued, David apparently felt compelled to say he was sorry. "I would like to issue an apology for the comments I made on Fox & Friends. My intent was to be humorous and not offensive," he said.
"I have nothing but love and respect for Latina women and women in general of all cultural backgrounds. What saddens me most is that it took away from the issue of Hunger in America, for which I was on the show to begin with," David lamented.
The actor went on to describe his work in a pantry in Venice, Calif., alongside a Hispanic woman named Delpia, whom David described as his "personal hero."
"Having been raised in Los Angeles I have grown up with a deep and profound love for the Latino culture," he added.
In what may be symbolic in his life in relation to this incident, he just signed up, along with his wife, for a fourth installment of the horror series, "Scream."
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