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Updated: April 21, 2026 @ 3:34 pm
CNN founder Ted Turner has apologized for a remark in which he referred to CNN employees who observed Ash Wednesday as "Jesus freaks."
The Fox News Channel show "Special Report with Brit Hume" reported this week that Turner, attending a meeting at CNN's Washington bureau on Feb. 28, noticed some employees with ashes on their foreheads and made the comment.
Veronica Gunnerson, a Turner Broadcasting spokeswoman, said Turner was apologetic Thursday.
"Ted called in this morning, and he was genuinely upset that he had offended anyone," she told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Gunnerson said Turner did not deny making the comment.
In 1990 the media tycoon said Christianity was a religion for "losers," and in 1998 he denounced Catholics and insulted Pope John Paul II. He later apologized for both remarks.<
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