MTV apologises for ‘Jersey’ segment

MTV issued an apology to GLAAD for a segment during last week`s ‘Jersey Shore’.

Los Angeles: MTV has issued an apology to a gay-rights group for a segment during last week`s ‘Jersey Shore’ reunion special.

GLAAD (the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) decried as offensive a scene where Mike ‘The Situation’ Sorrentino flirts with an unidentified nightclub patron described by his friends as a "tranny." GLAAD described it as "one of the most blatantly transphobic scenes aired anywhere on television in the last few years." The group said MTV has agreed to remove the segment after the current rotation cycle. Said MTV: "We appreciate GLAAD voicing concern about the Jersey Shore reunion special. The segment in question was certainly not meant to be insensitive, but in retrospect we realize that it was offensive to some viewers. We sincerely apologise." Bureau Report