RICK AND MORTY Co-Creator Dan Harmon Apologizes For Old "Distasteful" Video and Deleted His Twitter Account
It's crazy to see how social media can kill the careers of people these days. James Gunn has been a hot topic of conversation recently because of some old offensive 9-year-old tweets that resurfaced that he already apologized for six years ago. These tweets got him fired from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Now a video has resurfaced that Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon created back in 2009. It was a little 5-minute pilot for a show he called Daryl, which was a parody of Showtime's serial killer drama Dexter. In the scene, Harmon's character breaks into a house and simulates a sexual assault of a baby doll.
After the video resurfaced, Harmon released the following statement
"In 2009, I made a 'pilot' which strove to parody the series Dexter and only succeeded in offending. I quickly realized the content was way too distasteful and took the video down immediately. Nobody should ever have to see what you saw and for that, I sincerely apologize."
The video was called out on social media for its distressing depiction of child rape. After the backlash, Harmon deleted his Twitter account and all of his Tweets. Knowing Harmon there's probably a lot of distasteful stuff that he's said on Twitter over the years, so that was probably a good idea.
Don't worry, though. Harmon is still working on Rick and Morty. Adult Swim didn't fire him. Adult Swim released the following statement:
"At Adult Swim, we seek out and encourage creative freedom and look to push the envelope in many ways, particularly around comedy. The offensive content of Dan's 2009 video that recently surfaced demonstrates poor judgement and does not reflect the type of content we seek out. Dan recognized his mistake at the time and has apologized. He understands there is no place for this type of content here at Adult Swim."
We live in a crazy time where social media allows the past to come back and bite people in the ass.
Source: THR