I’d already written before that I laugh at the most inappropriate things, which is why it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that I found parts of Adam Carolla’s rant about Manny Pacquiao funny. I listen to Carolla’s podcast from time to time, and was a fan of both The Man Show and Loveline, the radio call-in show he used to host with Dr. Drew Pinsky.

I was enjoying it when he started calling out Pacquiao for refusing to take a blood test, and actually laughed out loud when he called the pound-for-pound champ a fucking idiot for believing that giving a drop of blood would weaken him.

And when he said that the Philippines needed to “get a fucking life as a country,” I mean, he kinda had a point, didn’t he? That we need something else to be proud of, other than a guy who’s the best at bashing other people’s faces – isn’t that what Conrado de Quiros has been saying all along?

Then Carolla went off the rails with a racist rant about the Philippines and sex tourism, and he really was being an asshole about it. Now that made me cringe, but I don’t know if it’s any different from the cringing I do when the Man Show boy cracks some terribly misogynistic joke at some woman on the street, or when he and Dr. Drew would just go on and on about the sex lives of their Loveline callers.

Then again, I am an awful person, so I don’t know what it means if this kind of thing just washes off my back. Maybe I should be more offended than I was.

Like Manny Pangilinan before him, Carolla has sinced offered his mea culpa. On Twitter, he admitted that he crossed the lined and apologized for his rant, and said that he thought Pacquiao was a great fighter. Perhaps he backed off after Pinoy fans threatened to tear him a new one the size of a Mason jar.

UPDATE (4/8/2010): Carolla offered a formal apology on his website:

I wanted to officially apologize to Manny Pacquiao and the Filipino community for the things I said on my podcast. I think Manny’s a great fighter, and was humbled this morning when I saw that Manny had accepted my apology halfway around the world.

As a Podcaster, I have the freedom to not be censored by a network, which can be a blessing and a curse. As a comedian, I rant as part of my act but my comments were hurtful, and for that I apologize.

I also extend the invitation for Manny to come on the podcast and accept my apology in person.

Adam Carolla