Peter Fonda apologizes for ‘inappropriate and vulgar’ tweet about Barron Trump
Peter Fonda apologizes for ‘inappropriate and vulgar’ tweet about Barron Trump

Peter Fonda apologized Wednesday for a late-night Twitter rant in which he suggested 12-year-old Barron Trump should be ripped from “his mother’s arms and put in a cage with pedophiles.”

The all-capitals tweet in the wee hours went on to call President Donald Trump an expletive. The actor later deleted the tweet and drew sharp rebukes from first lady Melania Trump and Donald Trump Jr.

The two-time Oscar nominee, brother of Jane Fonda and son of Hollywood legend Henry Fonda said in a statement hours later that he was upset over children separated from their parents on the U.S.-Mexico border.

“I tweeted something highly inappropriate and vulgar about the president and his family in response to the devastating…