TORONTO – “Girls” star Lena Dunham is apologizing for making a Paul Bernardo joke on Twitter that drew immediate fire from Canadian fans.
The 26-year-old HBO phenom suggested she and her celebrity friends dress up as Bernardo, Karla Homolka and one of their victims for Halloween.
She said in a Tweet to fellow comics Mindy Kaling and B.J. Novak: “You guys go as killer Canadian couple Paul Bernardo & Karla Homolka. I’ll be her sister they murdered.”
Fans complained online and even the lawyer for Bernardo’s victims weighed in when contacted by a Toronto reporter, saying Dunham “crossed that line.”
Dunham is now apologizing, saying in a followup Tweet: “Obviously didn’t understand what a painful part of the Canadian identity the Bernardo/Homolka case was.”
Dunham has 387,579 followers on Twitter.
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