Train Wrecks
Imus: "There Is No Malice in My Heart"

Posted Apr 12th 2007 2:53PM by TMZ Staff

With his suspension not taking effect until next Monday, Don Imus took to the air today for WFAN's 18th Annual Radiothon to try and raise money for a good cause -- and to apologize. Again.

"I am horribly sorry I said it," he bleated this morning. "I know how it hurt these kids and they're going to tell me. But everyone knows what I've been doing for 30 years. It was a joke." Oh yeah, he's a riot.

MSNBC announced yesterday that it was dropping its simulcast of the "Imus in the Morning" radio show, after his disparaging remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team. CBS Radio has suspended Imus for two weeks, effective April 16.

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1. There is a GIANT Double Standard in America. If Imus should be fired, so should Sharpton!!

Posted at 3:02PM on Apr 12th 2007 by Dani

2. For the love of.....whatever.....TAKE THAT PICTURE DOWN! ugh!!

Posted at 3:06PM on Apr 12th 2007 by Tracy

3. What a picture....is that suppose to be something it's not......Glad you're gone.

Posted at 3:06PM on Apr 12th 2007 by squeaky

4. I am for free speech...he should be forgiven anyhow...he apologized...

Posted at 3:07PM on Apr 12th 2007 by xyz

5. could you have picked an uglier pix of imus? he's not that ugly and he's not that guilty!
he said a terrible thing--however, i feel his heart is in a diiferent place. many have said worse and were not crucified to this level!

Posted at 3:10PM on Apr 12th 2007 by pleeeze!

6. Imus said it. It was stupid. He apologized. Move on people. I don't see these two losers Jessie Jackson and Al Sharpton running to this piece of crap Duke accuser good or bad. The latter two are disgraces to MLK. He is surely rolling in his grave over these asswipes. Give me a friggin break.

Posted at 3:10PM on Apr 12th 2007 by Jack

7. Sharpton could be fired...if only he had a real job. I suppose we could technically "fire" him for being a danger to himself and others. That's called "involuntary commitment."

Posted at 3:11PM on Apr 12th 2007 by Sharpton's as bigoted as anyone he raves about

8. That picture of him gives me the creeps. Well just about any picture of him gives me the creeps but this one is pervertedly disturbing.

Posted at 3:14PM on Apr 12th 2007 by Lulu

9. I do not get it: If an African- American said something possibly derogatory about a white person for instance would they lose their job etc?? I do not think so... I am not predjudice etc.. just in favor of equal rights.. not any one over another....just total equality...and also free speech : this the the US of A...furthermore he did apologize and thus should be forgiven who hasn't said things they did not mean, later regretted, or were taken in the wrong way??? HMMM NO ONE>>>we are all only human.....

Posted at 3:15PM on Apr 12th 2007 by KJ

10. From the looks of this photo...I kinda feel sorry for Deirdre. Just sayin'...LOL.

Posted at 3:16PM on Apr 12th 2007 by Jack

11. People move on! It's funny how two black men got so many white people fired up! The majority of black people could care less about Don Imus, women's basketball, or Al Sharpton. The majority don't even know who Imus is or what he said. They have more important things to worry about.

Posted at 3:16PM on Apr 12th 2007 by Sharon

12. DON, STOP APOLOGIZING -- ACCEPTED BY US ALL !! If I were you though - just so no one gets the wrong idea and decides to sue you, TODAY ALL minorities sick or even mostly dead children should be sent home and from today on not one thin dime of your hard erned money should be ever given to any minioity for any reason.

Posted at 3:21PM on Apr 12th 2007 by imus on air

13. What about Jean Simmon's racist jackass comments toward non-jews on his show? I dont see A&E cancelling him...perhaps TMZ's readership should look in to that! Sometimes to make a point, you must get down to the same lowest common denominator as your target audience uses and if it takes utilizing ebonics utilized in oh so many high quality rap tunes, then so be it. Imus's popularity will soar, and the masses will continue to look away from whatreallyhappened.

www.whatreallyhappened.com

Posted at 3:22PM on Apr 12th 2007 by Sue

14. Anyone who thinks those words were an ATTACK is an ASS. He APOLOGIZED, so QUIT being a whining little baby. QUIT acting like you EVER before in your life GAVE A CRAP what Don friggin Imus said. Enough already with your ranting and raving. Big damn deal. I agree it was disrespectful, but people say stupid things sometimes. And when they apologize, you should get over it, and MOVE ON IN LIFE. My goodness.

Posted at 3:31PM on Apr 12th 2007 by Tracy

15. I was astonished that ON AIR he called little kids with cancer "LITTLE BASTARDS". Why is the news media not reporting this? This was just one time that he called these kids names. If he does this on air, what does he call them OFF AIR. He should not even be around kids. I think parents should re think even sending their kids to HIS RANCH. What else is going on that we don't hear about? Why would someone send a kid to him? He should be investigated closer. Calling sick kids this and using this language ON AIR is unacceptable. This is dispicable.

Posted at 3:32PM on Apr 12th 2007 by Karma

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