over his publicly announced regret for voicing “The Simpsons” character Apu — penning his own tongue-in-cheek “apology.”“Not wishing to be left behind by Hank Azaria, I would like to apologise on behalf on Monty Python for all the many sketches we did making fun of white English people,” Cleese tweeted earlier this week. “We’re sorry for any distress we may have caused.”The 81-year-old comedy king’s post came the same day Azaria apologized for his stereotypical portrayal of Apu Nahasapeemapetilon — the fictitious Indian American owner of Springfield’s Kwik-E-Mart.“Part of me feels like I need to go to every single Indian person in this country and personally apologize,” Azaria said in a new interview.
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