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During a discussion about Cyrus proclaiming to ruin Radiohead because the group did not want to meet her at the Grammy awards, Foxx, in trademark comedian style, began making hardcore jokes about the teen star.

As his co-hosts chimed in, the Oscar award winning star whose song "Blame It" is No. 1 at Urban radio said that Cyrus needed to grow up and make a sex tape. He said he hoped she catches a STD and suggested that she follow the downward path of Lindsay Lohan.

Clips of Foxx's rant sparked a wild fire on the Internet.

A remorseful Foxx apologized Tuesday when making an appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.

"I just want to say, ‘I apologize for what I said and I didn't mean it maliciously,'" Foxx told Leno about the star whose movie Hannah Montana: The Movie opened at No. 1 in the theaters last weekend.

Foxx, who has a teenage daughter himself, joked that he was a comedian and that he didn't mean anything that he said. He dubbed the content of his radio show as "blue" and likened it to being the "Black Howard Stern." He said that he and his co-hosts did not single out Cyrus, but that they talk about everyone.

"What they do is pluck it off the radio show and they play it on the Internet and make it seem like out of the blue I said these crazy things about this young girl and it's not like that," Foxx said. "I want you to nip it in the bud when you see the TMZs. It's just jokes."

I appreciate Foxx for having the decency to make a public apology to Cyrus especially since his lewd comments trashing the 16-year-old made top entertainment news.

It is ironic that this is the third time in the last week that the controversy of crossing the line in comedy has come up in my blog.

I don't have a problem with the satire in Eminem's "We Made You" video.

I did have issue with the suggestiveness of the gay Kanye West jokes on the Fishsticks episode of South Park.

And I believe Foxx owed Cyrus an apology.

Here's the deal.

We all get comedy.

I like comedians who are brutally honest. My favorites are those who say what others are thinking but are afraid to say--Dave Chapelle, Eddie Murphy, Andrew Dice Clay, George Carlin, Martin Lawrence, Richard Pryor, Kathy Griffin, etc. These comedians push buttons and cross the line. It is why they are hilarious.

If I was listening to Jamie Foxx's radio show or seen him tell the Cyrus joke in a club, I would have laughed even though I thought it was wrong.

Such contradiction prevails in comedy.

So many comedians diss Cyrus. I never would have thought that Foxx owed her an apology.

But when the story exploded, the impromptu remarks ended up causing embarrassment to Cyrus. She is a child and did not deserve that type of public humiliation. Debatable jokes about her talent are different.

Since Foxx's jokes were not malicious, he did not have a problem saying sorry for any harm he caused. I took his reply as his way of saying, It was just a joke, a spontaneous, indecent joke that he knew would make people laugh. It's the risk of a comedian.

There is no argument that the joke was too much, and I am saying this because she is underage.

Should Foxx avoid using such inappropriate commentary about underage people in his routine?

Of course.

If Cyrus was irate because Radiohead did not want to meet her, I would love to know what she thinks about Foxx.

Guess we have to stay tuned.