Vir Das receives backlash for cracking joke on transgender community, issues an apology saying, 'I got that joke wrong. Plain and simple. No buts'

Actor-comedian Vir Das is known for his impeccable comic skills and enjoys a massive fan following on social media. However, recently he got subjected to brutal trolling and negative comments after an episode of his new series made its way to the internet. In the episode, he apparently cracked a joke on transgender people that did not go down well with netizens and a certain community and called him out for his transphobic material in the show. Now, taking to his Twitter handle, the comedian has apologized for the hurting the sentiment of a community and issued a statement that reads, 'I did a joke on the new ten on ten episode that my friends in the Trans community felt hurt by. I see why. My intent in the moment, was to say Trans people have courage the Govt never ever could and it was set up wrong and uninformed. I messed up. It had the opposite effect and trivialized your struggle. Articulating my intent effectively is my responsibility, not yours.' Without defending himself he further added, 'I got that joke wrong. Plain and simple. No buts.' He also said in his statement that his audience understands the kind of joke he performs and he knows they can take a joke as he wrote, 'Sometimes a lot of people are upset because the joke really worked, sometimes because the joke doesn’t. My audience understands comedy, they can take a joke. So, when they talk to me, I listen.'