2011: The year in celebrity apologies

Vicki Hyman/The Star-Ledger Hank Williams Jr. landed in hot water after comparing President Obama golfing with Speaker of the House John Boehner to Hitler playing golf with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He apologized for the "dumb statement," but when ESPN said it would no longer use his "Are You Ready" to open "Monday Night Football," Williams claimed he pulled the song because ESPN trampled his First Amendment rights. 2011: The year in celebrity apologies gallery (10 photos)

For celebrities who already suffer from, as my mother so delicately puts it, diarrhea of the mouth, 2011 must have felt like an accidental overdose of Ex-lax. From Charlie Sheen's Tiger Blood media tour to
Ashton Kutcher's tweet-before-you-think Joe Paterno moment to a slew of celebrities who really should have learned by now that the only time you should invoke Hitler is when you're actually talking about Hitler, here's a rundown of stars who got in trouble for their lack of self-censure.

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