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Philip Seymour Hoffman (left) was found dead in his New York Cit apartment on Sunday. 'Supernatural' star Jared Padalecki (right) commented on the sad news and caused a Twitter stir.
"Supernatural" actor Jared Padalecki drew criticism for tweets suggesting he found Philip Seymour Hoffman's death "stupid" and "senseless."
"'Sad' isn't the word I'd use to describe a 46-year-old man throwing his life away to drugs," Padalecki wrote, before deleting the tweet.
"'Senseless' is more like it. 'Stupid.'"
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@jarpad via Twitter
The actor deleted his first tweet after some pushback online, but later clarified his words.
Hoffman was found dead Sunday morning on the bathroom floor of his West Village apartment with a hypodermic needle stuck in his left arm and bags of heroin strewn about his home, law enforcement sources said. He was 46.
Padalecki, 31, has since deleted the tweet, but it apparently caused enough pushback for the actor to clarify his words.
"I didnt mean PSH is stupid or that addiction isn't a reality," he wrote. "I simply meant I have a different definition of 'tragedy.'"
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@jarpad via Twitter
The ‘Supernatural’ actor caused a bit of controversy when he called Philip Seymour Hoffman's death ‘stupid’ on Twitter.
"When I think 'tragedy,' I think of St. Judes, of genocide, of articles I read in the paper. But, yes, either way, a death, is sad."
While Padalecki's words may have rubbed some the wrong way, he wasn't the only celebrity to address the harsh reality about the way Hoffman, 46, died.
"Drugs are f--king lame and false and take beauty away from the world," singer Sara Bareilles wrote. "And anyone who tells you different is just plain wrong."
"I wish more people would lose the stigma and treat addiction as the deadly and serious DISEASE that it is," singer Demi Lovato, who doesn't shy away from talking about her own addictions, wrote.
"Dear Philip, a beautiful beautiful soul," comedian Jim Carey wrote. "For the most sensitive among us the noise can be too much."
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