Jonah Hill is taking full responsibility for yelling a homophobic slur at a paparazzo the weekend of May 30. The actor was caught on camera telling the photographer, "suck my d*** you f*****," and later explained that he's frustrated by his own words. "From the day I was born and publicly I've been a gay rights activist. ... 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." Hill isn't the only star who's been caught making a controversial comment. 
Iggy Azalea has no patience for online hate. On her Twitter account June 2, the Australian rapper lashed out at unspecified "Internet kids" for "cracking jokes about artists." "Most of you have done NOTHING. NOTHING! With your lives," Azalea said. 
James Franco criticized The New York Times' theater critic, Ben Brantley, over a lukewarm review of the "Of Mice and Men" Broadway revival in which Franco stars. "Brantley is such a little b****," the actor said in an April Instagram takedown that he later removed -- but not before it was screengrabbed for posterity. 
Gwyneth Paltrow has once again run afoul of some people with her comments. The actress was quoted in an interview as comparing the "dehumanizing" experience of dealing with negative comments on the Internet to war. 
We personally love it when Reese Witherspoon speaks her mind. In an elevator ride with Cara Delevingne, Kate Upton and Zooey Deschanel reportedly after the Met Gala, the Southern actress was taped saying, "The most important thing in a name for a girl is that a man can whisper it in his pillow." 
Adam Levine learned the hard way that you have to watch it before you speak. "The Voice" judge found himself facing some serious backlash after his disappointment over voting on the show resulted in his uttering "I hate this country." He released a statement trying to clarify what he meant, saying that he was frustrated. 
In January 2013, director Quentin Tarantino was doing press for his film "Django Unchained" when Britain's Channel 4 reporter Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked him whether he thinks movie violence can lead to actual violence. Tarantino shot back, "You can't make me dance to your tune. I'm not a monkey" and "I'm shutting your butt down!" 
Charles Barkley, seen here at the 2010 NBA All-Star Weekend in Dallas, got caught on a hot mic while covering a basketball game for TNT saying that his Weight Watchers endorsement deal was a "scam." The company saw the humor in it and released a statement saying "We love Charles for the same reason everyone loves Charles, he's unfiltered." 
Politicians have to deal with this type of thing all of the time and President Barack Obama is no exception. After Kanye West interrupted Taylor Swift at the MTV Awards in 2009, the commander-in-chief called the rapper a "jackass" while waiting for an interview to start. West was reportedly not amused. 
Madonna was on her best behavior at 'W.E.' press conference during the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. But at the Venice Film Festival that same year she was caught saying "I absolutely loathe hydrangeas" after a fan gave her the flowers. 
Vice President Joe Biden dropped the F-bomb during the signing of the health care reform bill in 2010 and a microphone was there to record it. He later apologized. 
"Seinfeld" star Michael Richards found himself in a whirl of bad publicity in 2006 after he screamed racial epithets at audience members during his comedy show at The Laugh Factory in Los Angeles. He later apologized. 
The Rev. Jesse Jackson was waiting to act as a pundit on a news show in 2008 when he was heard saying he'd like to cut off a particular portion of President Obama's body. He later told CNN he didn't realize his microphone was on.
- Hill says he was being followed by photographer making remarks about Hill's family
- Actor says the disgusting word doesn't represent his feelings about gay people
- A clip of the incident was posted on TMZ
- Hill is a two-time Oscar nominee
(CNN) -- Actor Jonah Hill told radio host Howard Stern on Tuesday that he lost his cool with a paparazzo and is heartbroken that he used a "disgusting" homophobic slur.
Celebrity gossip site TMZ early Tuesday morning released a video of the incident in which Hill tells a man following him to "Suck my d---, you f-----."
The actor, who was nominated for Academy Awards for his roles in the 2011 film "Moneyball" and last year's "The Wolf of Wall Street," told Stern he never meant to insult gay people.
"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," he told Stern.
TMZ posted a one-minute clip shot by a photographer who at one point mocks Hill's shorts. Hill said the photographer had been following him all day and saying "hurtful things about my family."
"It would break my heart to think that anyone would think, especially with all the work that I have done and all the loved ones that I have, that I would be against anyone for their sexuality," Hill said.
Hill added that he has long been a gay rights advocate. Before the Winter Olympics in Russia, Hill took a public stance against Moscow's anti-gay laws. He tweeted: "Help us show Russia & the world that #LoveConquersHate" while wearing a T-shirt bearing the hashtag message in Russian.
His new film with Channing Tatum, "22 Jump Street," is scheduled to open on June 13.
CNN sent a request for comment to Hill's publicist but had not heard back late Tuesday.
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