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Fonda, 78, apologized in a statement, obtained by ABC News, hours after his tweet disappeared, explaining that he was enraged about parents being separated from their children at the U.S.-Mexico border.

\"I tweeted something highly inappropriate and vulgar about the president and his family in response to the devastating images I was seeing on television,\" Fonda said in a statement released by his representative. \"Like many Americans, I am very impassioned and distraught over the situation with children separated from their families at the border, but I went way too far.\"

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The statement continued, \"It was wrong and I should not have done it. I immediately regretted it and sincerely apologize to the family for what I said and any hurt my words have caused.\"

Fonda is the son of the late legendary actor, Henry Fonda. He was nominated in 1969 for an Academy Award for best original screenplay for \"Easy Rider,\" and again in 1997 for a best actor award for \"Ulee's Gold.\"

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