MANILA, Philippines—American actor Alec Baldwin has apologized to Filipinos who were offended by his mail-order bride joke.
In his blog, the star of 30 Rock admitted that his reference to the Filipina mail-order bride is “dated.”
“While on the David Letterman program, I joked that I might need a ‘mail-order bride’ to achieve the goal of having more children in my life. I believe that most people understood that this was a joke and took it as such. (A dated reference, no doubt, and another sign of my advancing age),” he said.
At the same time, he said he plans to raise some money against child sex slavery and exploitation through an organization that was introduced to him by his brother Stephen.
Baldwin said the adverse reaction by the Philippine government and some politicians to his joke is understandable.
“Such anger and frustration about the issue of sex trafficking is understandable. The Philippines has suffered significant problems with the issue of sex trafficking,” he said.
**http://globalnation.inquirer.net/news/breakingnews/view/20090521-206339/Baldwin-apologizes-for-mail-order-bride-joke
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