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Jason Alexander apologizes for calling cricket (the game) 'gay'

"Not that there's anything wrong with that!"That was the famous catch phrase spawned by Jerry and George (played by Jerry Seinfeld and Jason Alexander) on an episode of 'Seinfeld' when they were denying that they were a gay couple.Now Alexander is having to apologize for calling the sport of cricket "gay" on a talk show.Alexander called the popular British sport a "gay game" Friday on the "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson."[pullquote]"It's the pitch It's the weirdest... It's not like a manly baseball pitch," Alexander said. "It's a queer, British gay pitch."The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) was not amused, and neither were many people who tweeted Alexander their distaste.The actor soon released a statement to GLAAD, explaining that the joke had been part of his stand-up routine years ago. He also said that after receiving the barrage of tweets, he still "truly did not understand why a gay person would be particularly offended by this routine."Alexander said it w...

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