LeVar Burton Disses Philip Seymour Hoffman on Twitter

Former Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton stepped into it Sunday when he distastefully weighed in on actor Philip Seymour Hoffman's death.

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Strange, huh? It got worse. Twitter pounced on him for his insensitivity. So, of course, he doubled down, declaring that Hoffman "wasted a great gift":

Not sure why Burton became Judgy McJudgy over Hoffman's drug addiction, but eventually he apologized for the comments.

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