updated - May 22, 2013 Wednesday EDT
After finding herself in hot water following her retweeting of a derogatory message about Mitt Romney, Eva Longoria is now apologizing. She blames Twitter for the problem.
The actress, an Obama campaign co-chair, retweeted a follower’s message on Wednesday who called the GOP presidential candidate a "tw*t." (And not the word that rhymes with "Mitt," the word that rhymes with "swat.")
“I have no idea why any woman/minority can vote for Romney. You have to be stupid to vote for such a racist/misogynistic tw*t,” the tweet, which Longoria retweeted, read.
Like Us on Facebook Follow @franchiseherald
After sending the nasty message to her 4,462,095 followers, Longoria took some heat and took to Twitter on Thursday morning to explain.
"Is anyone else's twitter bugging out? There are things in my timeline I didn't retweet today. Hmmm? Standby trying to fix!" she tweeted.
But later on Thursday, Longoria appeared to come clean and take responsibility.
"I use Twitter as a platform for all Americans and their opinions. Sorry if people were offended by retweet," she wrote. "Obviously not my words or my personal view. I respect all Americans #FreedomOfSpeech."
Editor's Pick
TOP 10 FRANCHISE FOR 2013
