Cape Breton Post

‘Green Book’ writer apologizes for old tweet about Muslims

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LOS ANGELES - “Green Book” co-writer Nick Vallelonga has apologized for a 2015 tweet about Muslims and 9-11 that has resurfaced a few days after the film won a Golden Globe Award.

In the tweet, he said thenpresid­ential-candidate Donald Trump was “100% correct” that local television news in New York on 9-11 showed Muslims in Jersey City cheering when the towers came down, and he had seen it.

There is no evidence such celebratio­ns occurred.

“I spent my life trying to bring this story of overcoming difference­s and finding common ground to the screen, and I am incredibly sorry to everyone associated with ‘Green Book,”’ Vallelonga said in a statement Thursday. “I especially deeply apologize to the brilliant and kind Mahershala Ali, and all members of the Muslim faith, for the hurt I have caused.” The Canadian Press

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