Celebrity News September 16, 2015
Steve Rannazzisi Admits Lying About 9/11 World Trade Center Escape
"The League" star Steve Rannazzisi has apologized for lying about his escape from the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
He tweeted, "I was not at the Trade Center on that day. I don't know why I said this. This was inexcusable. I am truly, truly sorry."
Rannazzisi continued to apologize for fabricating the story in a series of tweets, which can be read below.
As a young man, I made a mistake that I deeply regret and for which apologies may still not be enough.
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After I moved with my wife to Los Angeles from New York City in 2001 shortly after 9/11, I told people that I was in one of the World Trade
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Center towers on 9/11. It wasn't true. I was in Manhattan but working in a building in midtown and I was not at the Trade Center on that day
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I don't know why I said this. This was inexcusable. I am truly, truly sorry. For many years, more than anything, I have wished that, with
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silence, I could somehow erase a story told by an immature young man.It only made me more ashamed. How could I tell my children to be honest
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when I hadn't come clean about this?
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it is to the victims of 9/11 and to the people that love them--and the people that love me--that I ask for forgiveness.
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It was profoundly disrespectful to those who perished and those who lost loved ones. The stupidity and guilt I have felt for many years has
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Steve has reflected on the tragic day in previous interviews, such as one with Marc Maron in 2009, in which he said, "I still have dreams of like, you know, those falling dreams."
The apology comes right before the comedian's stand-up special "Breaking Dad" airs Saturday on Comedy Central. The network said about his apology, "We just learned about this last night. We are very disappointed to hear about Steve's misrepresentations and are currently determining how we will move forward."
