Jonah Hill has continued to apologise for using a homophobic slur at a paparazzi over the weekend and has promised he'll never use the term "f*****" again and wants everyone else to join him.
The 22 Jump Street star was heard muttering the term at a photographer, who was following him down an Los Angeles street. Hill has already apologised several times and is now urging other people to stop using the hurtful phrase.
Appearing on Good Morning America he said: "It's never OK to use that kind of language.
"I personally vow to never ever use that word again and I urge everyone to do the same."
Hill makes a visit to Good Morning America (FameFlynet UK)
"Words can be really destructive. And this kind of defamatory language can have a profound effect on someone who's questioning their sexuality," he added.
Addressing the incident on the Howard Stern Show earlier this week, Jonah explained what had made him lash out. He explained: "This person had been following me around all day, had been saying hurtful things about my family, really hurtful things about me personally.
"I played into exactly what he wanted and lost my cool. And in that moment, I said a disgusting word that does not at all reflect how I feel about any group of people."
Admitting he was in the wrong though, he went on: "I am happy to be the poster boy for thinking about what you say, and how those words, even if you don't intend them in how they mean, they are rooted in hate, and … I shouldn't have said that."
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