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Biggs sparked public outrage after a series of controversial Twitter posts about Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 shortly after it crashed. Eric Thayer—Reuters by [Melissa Hellmann](https://time.com/author/melissa-hellmann/) ## Melissa Hellmann Jul 18, 2014 8:28 AM UTC A series of tweets by actor Jason Biggs on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was reportedly shot down by a missile in a part of eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists, has [caused outrage](http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/malaysia-airlines-crash-actor-jason-biggs-tasteless-twitter-posts-after-mh17-crash-spark-anger/story-fn907478-1226992983410) on social media. Biggs, who stars in _Orange Is the New Black_, wrote in a tweet that has since been deleted, “Anyone wanna buy my Malaysian Airlines frequent flier miles?” While some [saw nothing wrong](http://mashable.com/2014/07/17/jason-biggs-malaysia-airlines-insensitive-joke/) in making what appeared to be a dark joke in response to grim news, many of his nearly 450,000 followers considered the tweet offensive. > [](https://twitter.com/friendlydogbnb/status/490031243338477568) > [](https://twitter.com/Furby8704/status/490028240279306241) Biggs initially responded to critics with a series of profane tweets accusing them of being overly sensitive, “You don’t have to think it’s funny, or even be on my twitter page at all,” he said. However, he later deleted his initial tweets and offered an apology to his fans, “People were offended, and that was not my intent. Sorry to those of you that were,” Biggs wrote. “This is obviously a horrible tragedy, and everyone — including myself — is sad and angry about it. Sending positive thoughts to the victims and their families.” The actor, who is best known for his role in the _American Pie_ films, is no stranger to tweeting controversial remarks. In the days [following](http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/too-far-american-pie-star-jason-biggs-tweets-flight-mh370-joke/story-fn907478-1226851680463) the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in March, Biggs also triggered outrage with a reference to the missing plane in a tweet about the U.S. reality-TV show _The Bachelor_. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3004088/malaysia-airlines-ukraine-crash-jason-biggs-apologizes-for-tweets-ointb/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3004088/malaysia-airlines-ukraine-crash-jason-biggs-apologizes-for-tweets-ointb/"},"headline":"Orange Co-Star Jason Biggs Apologizes for Malaysia Crash Tweets","datePublished":"2014-07-18T08:28:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:13:19.630Z","description":"The actor who sparked public outrage months ago about flight MH370 has done it again — this time about MH17","url":"https://time.com/3004088/malaysia-airlines-ukraine-crash-jason-biggs-apologizes-for-tweets-ointb/","keywords":["celebrities","Ukraine","Television","Airlines","twitter","Malaysia","Orange Is the New Black","Crash","Malaysia Airlines","tragedy","#MH17"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe520d20908e1ed4/69869c4406f2c1864932ff39/rtr3peb2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Hellmann","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-hellmann/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfe520d20908e1ed4/69869c4406f2c1864932ff39/rtr3peb2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Cast member Jason Biggs attends the season two premiere of \"Orange is the New Black\" in New York","caption":"Cast member Jason Biggs attends the season two premiere of \"Orange is the New Black\" in New York","creditText":"Eric Thayer—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3004088/malaysia-airlines-ukraine-crash-jason-biggs-apologizes-for-tweets-ointb/","name":"Orange Co-Star Jason Biggs Apologizes for Malaysia Crash Tweets"}}]}] ```