Roger Ebert’s Facebook Account Disappears Amid Twitter Controversy

Film critic Roger Ebert received some pretty scathing reviews Monday after a tweet he posted in response to the death of 'Jackass' star Ryan Dunn, in which he said, "Friends don't let jackasses drink and drive."

Hours after the controversial tweet was posted, Ebert's Facebook page, which has over 57,000 fans, was mysteriously removed from the social media site, prompting Ebert to claim it was due to "malicious complaints from one or two jerks."

However, Facebook claims the whole incident was simply a mistake.

"The page was was removed in error," a spokesperson for Facebook told CNN. "We apologize for the inconvenience." Ebert responded later on Twitter, saying, "Thank you, Facebook. My page is back online."

Ebert also took to his personal blog Tuesday to elaborate on the controversy. In an essay, he wrote, "I was probably too quick to tweet. That was unseemly. I do know that nobody has any business driving on a public highway at 110 mph, as some estimated -- or fast enough, anyway, to leave a highway and fly through 40 yards of trees before crashing. That is especially true if the driver has had three shots and three beers. Two people were killed. What if the car had crashed into another car?".

Sound off: Was Ebert's tweet too insensitive? Or does he have a point?

[CNN]