Frank Stallone Apologizes for Saying Someone Should 'Sucker Punch' David Hogg

Sylvester Stallone’s younger brother Frank apologized to Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg Sunday morning for calling him a “little bitch” and a “coward” who deserves a “sucker punch.”

“To everyone and to David Hogg especially. I want to deeply apologize for my irresponsible words. I would never in a million years wish or promote violence to anyone anywhere on this planet,” he Tweeted on Easter Sunday. “After what these kids went though I’m deeply ashamed. Please accept my apology. Frank”

Frank Stallone is best known for his 1980s song Far From Over which appeared in the movie Staying Alive and achieved some Billboard success. He often appeared on Saturday Night Live as the punchline to Norm Macdonald’s Weekend Update jokes.

The singer and actor, who is an ardent Trump supporter, took to Twitter Saturday to criticize David Hogg and other survivors of the February 14 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that killed 17 students and faculty members and launched a national movement on gun control.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Student David Hogg addresses the March for Our Lives rally on March 24, 2018 in Washington, DC. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators, including students, teachers and parents gathered in Washington for the anti-gun violence rally organized by survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on February 14 that left 17 dead. More than 800 related events are taking place around the world to call for legislative action to address school safety and gun violence. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

"This David Hogg pussy is getting a little big for his britches. I'm sure someone from his age group is dying to sucker punch this rich little bitch,” Stallone wrote in his original Tweet, which has since been deleted. “Watch him run home like the coward he is. He's the worst rep for today's youth headline grabbing punk."

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Stallone faced immediate backlash. Judd Apatow Tweeted that "We don’t have to worry about a Frank Stallone boycott. That started in the late seventies."

Stallone’s recent apology has not been well-received by the Twitter community.

“Here, let me translate: ‘In the spirit of Holy Week, I find it vexing that I got in trouble for being mean to a teenage massacre survivor, so I’m apologizing so people will stop being mean to me,’” Tweeted Molly Jong-Fast, author of The Social Climber's Handbook “ So. Much. Courage.”

Stallone also criticized Parkland survivor and activist Emma Gonzalez. “Emma Gonzalez is another headline grabbing clown. She thinks she it she ain’t shit," he wrote.

In 1987, Stallone sued a gun shop owner for injuring his finger after a gun was fired during a demonstration.