Artie Lange's Slave Sex Fantasy Tweets About ESPN's Cari Champion Offended Just About Everyone

Artie Lange watched First Take and tweeted a stream of jokes about having sex with ESPN’s Cari Champion. The grotesque and demeaning personal nature of the jokes overshadowed whatever humor he was attempting to derive from it. A brief sampling below…

Trying to maintain erection and jerkoff to chick on First Take but they keep cutting back to Stephen A Smith and the white guy. Frustrating!
— Artie Lange (@artiequitter) November 4, 2014

Here's the scenario I'm using to jerkoff to chick on First Take I'm T. Jefferson & she's my slave. She beats the shit out of me & runs free
— Artie Lange (@artiequitter) November 4, 2014

I attempt to whip @CariChampion cuz she disrespected the Jefferson Plantation but she grabs whip & beats me I cum like a fat founding father
— Artie Lange (@artiequitter) November 4, 2014

Lange apologized to Champion, though refused to apologize to any PC groups rallying on her behalf.

So that's a NO. But if it upset the lady in question that's another story. Let me say to @CariChampion if this hurt u in any way I'm sorry
— Artie Lange (@artiequitter) November 5, 2014

The Internet may be offended easily and leave little room for subtext. But, one should grasp that before taking to the keyboard. Plumbing the intersection of race, sex and colonial history for humor requires a scalpel. Lange used a sledge hammer and, with his public forum, dehumanized a female journalist.

ESPN termed the tweets “reprehensible.”

"“His comments were reprehensible and no one should be subjected to such hateful language,” the network said in a statement on Wednesday. “They objectify and demean one of our valued employees under the thin guise of “comedy” and are offensive to all of us. We will not dignify them with any other comment.”"