Gilbert Gottfried, the comedian best known for being irritating, has lost his job as the voice of the Aflac duck after posting a series of offensive tweets about the recent disaster in Japan. Never one to squander a chance to ridicule tragedy, Gottfried took direct aim at Japan's tsunami victims with a slew of jokes that seem to have been sculpted with a sledgehammer. The comedian deleted the tweets and issued a (semi-)apology, but it wasn't enough to save his career as a talking duck.Gilbert Gottfried Loses Aflac Duck Gig After Tsunami Joke Tweets originally appeared on Switched on Tue, 15 Mar 2011 11:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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