Alba Apologizes for Defacing Oklahoma City

Jessica Alba is seriously apologizing for tagging Oklahoma City -- and a United Way billboard -- with posters of great white sharks ... but she's also tossing blame at the shark lovers she got involved with.

Jessica Alba

Here's the statement Jessica just released:

"I got involved in something I should have had no part of. I realize that I should have used better judgment and I regret not thinking things through before I made a spontaneous and ill-advised decision to let myself get involved with the people behind this campaign. I sincerely apologize to the citizens of Oklahoma City and to the United Way for my involvement in this incident."



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46. Make her fertilize her organic veggies with shark feces! Alba's a loser...

Posted at 7:20PM on Jun 9th 2009 by Nemo

47. Has anybody here eaten shark meat before?
It's very tasty...

Posted at 7:22PM on Jun 9th 2009 by Newname

48. Kill all the sharks and send the ocean and then humans on a slow painful death, like weekends without new TMZ!!

Posted at 7:22PM on Jun 9th 2009 by IDIOTS...ALL

49. She has no respect for the rights of others. What idiots people make of themselves when they get obsessed with a cause. Let your cause be presented, but not by hurting someone else's rights or property.

Posted at 7:33PM on Jun 9th 2009 by Linda Mott

50. Why are people still pissed she chooses not to define herself based upon her race.

I'm glad she knows that there is more to life than the color of your skin.

I wish a lot more ass-hat TMZ readers would get a clue.

Posted at 7:25PM on Jun 9th 2009 by Tbone

51. i wonder if she wrote that all on her own!!! UNITED WAY AND OKLAHOMA PRESS CHARGES!!! TEACH THAT IDIOT A LESSON!!! i stand by first comment i posted, IF YOU OR I DID THAT WE WOULD BE IN THE SLAMMER WITH A BIG ASS FINE ATTACHED TO OUR ASS!!! BUT NOT HER... SHE IS ABOVE THE LAW

Posted at 7:25PM on Jun 9th 2009 by unreal

52. i got your tbone right here!!!!!!

Posted at 7:28PM on Jun 9th 2009 by yea

53. Alba blowsass

Posted at 7:27PM on Jun 9th 2009 by President Obbie

54. I'm still laughing that Oklahoma is landlocked. Not many people there care much about the sharks! Seriously. If only one could be arrested for ignorance...sigh

Posted at 7:28PM on Jun 9th 2009 by Oklahoma Annie

55. he said bone

Posted at 7:28PM on Jun 9th 2009 by beavis

56. she ain't got no brain, VANDAL

Posted at 7:30PM on Jun 9th 2009 by butthead

57. She is so stupid... I am so over her. Why is her no hit making, self hating ass even news??

Posted at 7:33PM on Jun 9th 2009 by chica

58. i am from oklahoma city trust me this kid crap does not go over very well here.

Posted at 7:30PM on Jun 9th 2009 by shawn

59. ban her from hollywood, make her do porn

Posted at 7:32PM on Jun 9th 2009 by Albabutt

60. Ugh:

Being preached at is annoying, but the way to deal with that is to either not listen or formulate a reasonable counter argument if you don't agree with someone. Instead, people here are insulting her decision to not make a big deal out of her ethnicity. Judging people based on race is racist and that is what people are doing when they dump on someone for not wanting to be the poster girl for Latinas. Although I am personally more concerned about other issues than sharks, I think it's great to see a celebrity who cares about an issue other than herself. I doubt that Paris Hilton or Lindsay Lohan could stop thinking about themselves long enough to care about sharks or anything else. Yes, it shows a lack of sense to do what Jessica did and she deserves to know that she did something dumb, but we have all made dumb decisions. Let's keep some perspective here. Bernie Madoff = douche; Jessica Alba = well-intentioned but dumb. By the way, I do research on sharks and they are endangered. I am also a Latina.

I think the frustration you're reading is the result of years of preachy celebrities trying to impose their views on the public. The fact that she never questioned herself about whether this was the right thing to do says a lot about her sense of entitlement and Hollywood self-righteousness. By the way, what WAS the point of all of this? Are sharks suddenly in imminent danger? It was illegal, stupid, AND pointless.

Posted at 8:40PM on Jun 9th 2009 by annette

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