The Onion apologizes for offensive Quvenzhane Wallis tweet

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It appears we finally know where the line of too offensive is for The Onion.

For the most part, no one is safe from the brutal mockery of "America's Finest News Source."

But after a tweet about 9-year-old best actress nominee Quvenzhane Wallis horrified the Onion's followers, the satire organization apologized in a rare moment of sincerity.

CEO Steve Hannah wrote on the Onion's Facebook page Monday morning:

For what it's worth, no one seemed too offended (or surprised) when host Seth MacFarlane joked that "In 16 years Quvenzhané Wallis will be too young to date George Clooney."

Here's the Onion's offending tweet, calling Quvenzhane "kind of a c***."

The Onion "deleted the tweet after people responded with outrage (but naturally, screenshots had been captured by multiple people).

I hope the ppl who run @theonion get rid of that insensitve fool they put in charge of their Twitter account tonight. Shameful TL! #Oscars

— MariaNYC (@MariaNYC) February 25, 2013

@kensweet yes and if @theonion thinks it's funny to tweet that, they have lost their minds.

— Micheline Maynard (@MickiMaynard) February 25, 2013

Whoever is tweeting for @theonion tonight needs to be jobless by morning.

— katherine (@capecodgurl) February 25, 2013