Rainn Wilson apologizes for rape tweet

Rainn Wilson as Dwight Schrute in "The Office" "PDA" Episode 717. Credit: NBC
Actor-comedian Rainn Wilson ("The Office") apologized Tuesday for tweeting a date-rape joke.
Following an Internet outcry after he posted "If I were ever date raped I would want it to be to 'Whole Lotta Love' by Led Zeppelin," Wilson, 46, removed the tweet and wrote to his followers, "Apparently my poorly conceived date-rape tweet upset a lot of folks. Not a good topic to joke about. Sorry & won't do that again."
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