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Dan Harmon, creator of the cult series Rick and Morty and Community issued an apology Monday after a graphic video in which he sexually violates a doll has redone online surface. 19659002] "In 2009, I made a" pilot "who strove to parody the series Dexter and only managed to offend," wrote Harmon in a statement obtained by EW . "I quickly realized that the content was too unpleasant and I took the video immediately.Nobody should ever have to see what you saw and for that I sincerely apologize." [19659002] Adult Swim, the network behind Rick and Morty also provided a comment to EW. "At Adult Swim, we seek and encourage creative freedom and seek to advance the envelope in many ways, especially around comedy," said a spokesman for the network. "The offending content of Dan's recently released 2009 video demonstrates poor judgment and does not reflect the type of content we are looking for." Dan acknowledged his mistake at that point and apologized. He understands that there is no room for this type of content here in Adult Swim. "
The video, titled Daryl is a five-minute parody of the long Showtime series Dexter and was posted on Channel 101, the Harmon website co-founded in 2009. The video follows Daryl (played by Harmon) while he enters a house through a window , takes off his pants and rubs his genitals on a doll while naked. The logline line provided by Channel 101 reads: "Originally made with Showtime, Dan Harmon presents a revolutionary new show on the dark side of therapy." Harmon calls the character "a baby rapist with a heart of gold ".
which begins with a "controversial" content warning, reappeared on Twitter on the Comic-Con weekend. Harmon was in San Diego with his co-creator Rick and Morty Justin Roiland at the time. Shortly after the video started generating a reaction, Harmon's Twitter account was apparently removed.
This is the second time this week that a public figure is facing controversy over his past actions. A few days earlier, the director of the Guardians of the Galaxy James Gunn was dismissed from the Guardian of the Galaxy 3 management after tweets of several years were redone in which he made repeated jokes on pedophilia. Right-wing personality Mike Cernovich was responsible for resurfacing the tweets.
The director, who issued a long apology, received a wave of support from actors and fans of the film.
Rick and Morty produced by Harmon, recently received a mammoth renewal order of 70 episodes from the network
This article has been updated to include statements by Dan Harmon and Adult Swim.
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