NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – David Letterman apologized on Monday for making a sexually charged joke about one of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s teenage daughters, as a group of Palin supporters planned a rally demanding the late-night TV show host be fired.

“I told a joke that was beyond flawed, and my intent is completely meaningless compared to the perception” of the joke by viewers, he said during Monday’s taping of “Late Night with David Letterman,” according to a transcript given to Reuters.

“And since it was a joke I told, I feel that I need to do the right thing here and apologize for having told that joke,” he said. “It’s not
your fault that it was misunderstood, it’s my fault.”

Last Tuesday, Letterman joked that New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez had “knocked up” the former vice-presidential nominee’s daughter during a family trip to a baseball game.

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