By now, I think most people have heard about the JetBlue pilot who had a massive freakout/panic attack during a Tuesday flight. His copilot locked him out of the cockpit and the passengers on the plane had to physically restrain the dude, who has now been charged with a series of felonies. It was a scary story, and it’s been a hot topic on the news shows and radio shows. Carson Daly decided to discuss it yesterday on his radio show. And he decided to talk about how “with his luck” he would have gotten stuck on a plane with a bunch of gay dudes who wouldn’t have been able to take down a crazed pilot: “With my luck, it would be like … ‘this is the flight going to Pride in San Francisco I mean, that would be my colleagues… [affecting stereotypical lisp] ‘Uh, we’re headed down to Vegas for the floral convention.’” So, Carson is a homophobe?

Yeah. That wasn’t funny. Or politically correct. Or actually correct. Hours after every gay media outlet ran “WTF Carson?” stories, Daly tweeted, “This morning on my radio show I attempted to make fun of myself & offended others by mistake. I sincerely apologize.” Then he made an official statement to GLAAD:

“We live in a time where gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals find courage every day to overcome adversity, stand up to bullying and find equality. I’m truly saddened that my words today suggested otherwise,” Daly said.

“I’ve long been a supporter of Gay and Lesbian rights, and I’m saddened that my comments, however unintentional, offended anyone, specifically members of the LGBT community. The fact that I have hurt anyone is devastating,” he continued. “I’m not that guy. I’m proud to be an ally of the LGBT community and will continue to fight with them.”

[From Us Weekly]

Do you accept his apology? I kind of do. He should kiss more ass, totally, but let’s be honest: this is Carson Daly saying something dumb and mildly offensive. This is not, like, Mel Gibson or Tracy Morgan going off on some insane tangent about violently attacking gay people.

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Remember when Carson Daly and Tara Reid were a hot couple? I was remembering those halcyon days just the other night when I accidentally caught a few minutes of Last Call With Carson Daly. As it turns out, Carson thankfully moved on to bigger and better things after his relationship with the hot mess known as “Taradise”. He’s been in a long-term relationship with Siri Pinter, who just gave birth to a boy Sunday night. They named the little boy Jackson James Daly, which I think is a pretty good name, all things considered. People has more:

Now, the last call Carson Daly will be hearing will be for a baby bottle. The late-night talk show host and his longtime girlfriend Siri Pinter welcomed a boy on Sunday night.

Jackson James Daly, who weighed in at 7 lbs., 8 oz., is the first child for the couple. “Parents are both ecstatic,” his rep Heather Lylis tells PEOPLE. “They have a happy and healthy baby boy.”

With Daly being such an avid cyclist “friends are already looking for bike helmets for the little one,” joked his rep in November when Daly announced the news. Daly, 35 is the host of The Last Call With Carson Daly.

From People

If you like it, put a ring on it, Carson. That’s all I’m saying. It’s good to hear that the baby is healthy and that Carson and his girlfriend seem so well-adjusted. Carson was looking rather manorexic for a while, but he seems to have put on some weight the past few months, perhaps due to pregnancy-sympathy weight gain with his girlfriend. Congratulations to the happy couple, and welcome to the world, Jackson James!

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