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Gerry Byrne apologizes for Pamela Anderson STD tweets
Politician tweeted remarks about Anderson and STDs after actress appeared at anti-sealing protest[IMG]
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Humber-St. Barbe-Baie Verte Liberal MP Gerry Byrne says he regrets comments he made on social media Tuesday night about actor and anti-sealing activist Pamela Anderson.
Anderson and philanthropist Sam Simon, one of the creators of The Simpsons, were in St. John's on Tuesday, offering a $1-million cheque to Canadian sealers to retire the hunt.
Simon and Anderson were heckled and mocked by a crowd of sealers and their supporters at the news conference they staged, in conjunction with the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, known as PETA.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Byrne said he now "understands from science that Hepatitis C is contracted by sexual activity only on relatively rare occasions."
Simon and Anderson were heckled and mocked by a crowd of sealers and their supporters at the news conference they staged, in conjunction with the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, known as PETA.
In a statement released on Wednesday, Byrne said he now "understands from science that Hepatitis C is contracted by sexual activity only on relatively rare occasions."
Stay classy Gerry
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