'Luke Cage' Star Mike Colter Apologizes for Joking About Ariana Grande Getting Groped at Aretha Franklin Funeral

Mike Colter faced widespread criticism after he tweeted a joke about Ariana Grande getting groped on stage by Bishop Charles H. Ellis III. "Now THIS is how you shoot your shot!" read the tweet which Colter says was supposed to be sarcasm.

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Mike Colter, who stars as Luke Cage's title hero, is under fire after he seemingly condoned Bishop Charles H. Ellis III gropingAriana Grande's chest during Aretha Franklin's funeral.

"Now THIS is how you shoot your shot! Zero FCKS!!" read Colter's now-deleted tweet, with a series of crying emojis. It wasn't long before tweeters were calling for his head.

Y'all Mike Colter done lost his damb mind and #LukeCage is officially dead to me. @netflix come get yuh boy cause this is unacceptable.

This ish is why we say men are trash. He sees a woman getting groped and all he can think is the Bishop is shooting his shot.đŸ€Ź https://t.co/8LFhCmXv3d

— Carolyn Hinds 🇧🇧đŸ—ș (@CarrieCnh12) September 1, 2018

How did Mike Colter expect people to take that Tweet as sarcasm. It didn’t read anything like that at all
he had crying laughing emojis after it

— Justin Davis (D4C) (@OGJOHNNY5) September 2, 2018

It's probably because I really wanna like Mike Colter, but when I saw the Ariana/Preacher tweet, I read it as an exasperated, sarcastic comment, not legitimately rooting for the guy. Am I the only one who read something else from it?

— Stonie Williams (@BaldBeardedBard) September 2, 2018

Colter later tweeted an apology about the ill-advised tweet and claimed he was being sarcastic.

"Hello all. I apologize about my tweet earlier. In no way do I condone any such behavior. It was intended to point out the absurdity of the act itself. Complete and biting sarcasm. I realized quickly that it was not taken as such. I was at an event all day. Sorry for the delay," read the tweet with a prayer emoji.

Tweeters are on the fence on whether or not they believe him, though.

 

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