Gilbert Gottfried
Gottfried lost his gig as the voice of the quacking duck for Alfac over a series of insensitive tweets on the Japan disaster, which included:"Japan is really advanced. They don't go to the beach. The beach comes to them.""I just split up with my girlfriend, but like the Japanese say, 'They'll be another one floating by any minute now.' "Interestingly, Gilbert Gottfried got support from a comedian colleague.Joan Rivers tweeted Tuesday: "Oh come on people-this is just outrageous!""Gilbert Gottfried was FIRED from Aflac for making jokes about the tsunami in Japan.""That's what comedians do!!! We react to tragedy by making jokes to help people in tough times feel better through laughter." Reuters

OK! Magazine is reporting that comedian Gilbert Gottfried is doing something no one would expect.

Days after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami shook Japan and caused more than 3,000 people to lose their lives, Gottfried is using the social media site Twitter to crack jokes about the devastating catastrophe.

While other celebrities are offering their prayers and support, Gottfried tweeted twelve tsunami jokes about Japan within the last 24 hours, reports TMZ.

Under the Twitter username @RealGilbert, Gottfried poked fun at the disaster in Japan.

Here are some examples of his tweets:

I just split up with my girlfriend, but like the Japanese say, There'll be another one floating by any minute now.

Japan called me. They said maybe those jokes are a hit in the US, but over here, they're all sinking.

What do the Japanese have in common with @howardstern? They're both radio active.

Japan is really advanced. They don't go to the beach. The beach comes to them.

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