Pete Davidson Defends Stephen Rannazzisi After Slamming His 9/11 Lie on Twitter
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After blasting Stephen for fabricating a story about escaping 9/11, the 'Saturday Night Live' star is asking outraged fans to 'take it easy' on the 'League' star.

AceShowbiz - Pete Davidson has defended Stephen Rannazzisi after the star of "The League" apologized for lying about escaping 9/11. Pete initially slammed Stephen on Twitter as his father was a firefighter killed during the terrorist attack.

"It's ok @SteveRannazzisi people make mistakes ... Can't wait to meet my dad for lunch later," Pete first tweeted. Stephen didn't seem to get the joke and replied to the "Saturday Night Live" star with a sincere thank you. "Thank you pete. I really appreciate it," he wrote before deleted it. Pete replied to Stephen, "I think you missed the point ... All kidding aside this @SteveRannazzisi story sucks because he's actually a funny comic and I love 'The League'. It's f***ed up."

Pete then changed his tune after Stephen personally reached out to apologize to him. "Take it easy on @SteveRannazzisi ... He reached out to me and is truly sorry. We all sometimes lie and exaggerate a story to seem cooler," he wrote, "Unfortunately this is a very touchy topic n very near n dear 2 peoples hearts. Its years later but he apologized n owned up 2 it like a man."

After releasing an apology statement through his publicist, Stephen took to Twitter to explain it further. "As a young man, I made a mistake that I deeply regret and for which apologies may still not be enough," he wrote, "After I moved with my wife to Los Angeles from New York City in 2001 shortly after 9/11, I told people that I was in one of the World Trade. Center towers on 9/11. It wasn't true. I was in Manhattan but working in a building in midtown and I was not at the Trade Center on that day."

He continued, "I don't know why I said this. This was inexcusable. I am truly, truly sorry. For many years, more than anything, I have wished that, with silence, I could somehow erase a story told by an immature young man. It only made me more ashamed. How could I tell my children to be honest when I hadn't come clean about this?"

"It is to the victims of 9/11 and to the people that love them-and the people that love me-that I ask for forgiveness. It was profoundly disrespectful to those who perished and those who lost loved ones. The stupidity and guilt I have felt for many years has not abated. It was an early taste of having a public persona, and I made a terrible mistake," he concluded.

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