October 28, 2008 | Celeb Watch

Apologies from '90210' star for gay Elvis comment

Dustin Milligan, one of the youngun's in the new '90210,' wants you to know that he's really sorry for a recent gay joke he made. He referred to Elvis (as in Presley) as the "king of homos." (Is that a reference to Elvis' love of sequinned polyester jump suits?)

Anyway, Milligan took to his blog to set the record straight.

"To all my readers, gay, straight, bi, still deciding: I'm truly sorry and deeply embarrassed by this. My personal views on homosexuality and bisexuality and sexuality in general are so far from the dark place where these kinds of hateful terms come from and are not at all reflected accurately by such a statement," he wrote. "Especially now, when same-sex marriage is such a big issue in the US, I feel the days when jokingly calling someone a "homo" or saying "that's gay" are simply over.

"...I hope my kids never use these hurtful words as flippantly as I have. Again, I am ashamed for having said it and to everyone out there, fans, friends, family, and the LGBT community: I'm sorry."