Ben Stiller defended Shaun White on Tuesday after the Olympic snowboarder received backlash for dressing up as a character with special needs for Halloween. White,…
Ben Stiller defended Shaun White on Tuesday after the Olympic snowboarder received backlash for dressing up as a character with special needs for Halloween.
White, 32, posted a photo of himself dressed as the “Tropic Thunder” character Simple Jack, played by Ben Stiller in the hit movie back in 2008. (RELATED: Shaun White Is Getting Destroyed For His Halloween Costume This Year [PHOTOS])
@MikeAndMike Aron baynes looks like Ben Stiller in Simple Jack. The resemblance is scary. pic.twitter.com/NmcxKhZwXB
— Guy Gerricault (@Guy_Gerricault) April 19,2016
Shaun White is facing backlash for dressing up as Simple Jack, an intellectually disabled character from Tropic Thunder, for Halloween. https://t.co/zmFWa78RHy pic.twitter.com/pDuysba4vz
— E! News (@enews) October 29,2018
White later apologized for his “last minute decision” to dress up as Simple Jack after the Special Olympics condemned his decision to portray the character.
A post shared by Shaun White (@shaunwhite) on Oct 29,2018 at 3:56pm PDT
But Ben Stiller swooped in and backed him up.
“Actually Tropic Thunder was boycotted 10 years ago when it came out, and I apologized then. It was always meant to make fun of actors trying to do anything to win awards. I stand by my apology, the movie, Shaun White, And the great people and work of the @SpecialOlympics,” he wrote on Twitter.
Actually Tropic Thunder was boycotted 10 years ago when it came out, and I apologized then. It was always meant to make fun of actors trying to do anything to win awards. I stand by my apology, the movie, Shaun White, And the great people and work of the @SpecialOlympics. https://t.co/RqID5jIXP1
— Ben Stiller (@RedHourBen) October 30,2018
It looks like that’s the end of that… for now.
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