Angry 'Jackass' Fans Shut Down Roger Ebert's Facebook Page After Controversial Ryan Dunn Tweets

It's bad enough that "Jackass" star Ryan Dunn and his friend Zachary Hartwell died too young in a tragic car crash this week.

Now, after film critic Roger Ebert tweeted: "Friends don't let Jackasses drink and drive," things have gotten unnecessarily ugly to boot.

Ebert's tweet came too soon after news of the tragedy broke, and his comments raised the ire of Dunn's "Jackass" co-star Bam Margera, who hit Twitter himself, and flew off the handle:

"@BAM_MARGERA I just lost my best friend, I have been crying hysterically for a full day and piece of sh&* roger ebert has the gall to put in his 2 cents"

"@BAM_MARGERA About a jackass drunk driving and his is one, f^&* you! Millions of people are crying right now, shut your fat f%^&ing mouth!"

What makes those comments even sadder than they seem at face value is that Roger Ebert is no longer fat at all, and he actually can't speak with his mouth (without using a computerized device). He has lost the ability to eat or drink, and uses a feeding tube due to a long battle with thyroid cancer. He had a large chunk of his jawbone removed due to the disease, and relies on a text-to-speech program and computerized apparatus to speak.

Ebert has said on more than one occasion that if his condition worsens considerably, he will most likely refuse any type of additional surgery, meaning the guy is writing what he feels like now, with the realization that he very well might not have a hell of a lot of time to live.

The legendary movie critic opted to quickly comment about Dunn's tragic death after seeing the actor/comedian's Tumbler pic showing him drinking, and reading several articles about the death which mentioned drinking and shots before the accident.

While it was probably way too early for any "lessons learned" type of comments, the resulting backlash has made an ugly situation even uglier.

Ebert's Facebook site was suspended this morning after "Jackass" fans complained about Ebert's anti-drinking-and-driving tweets. Facebook said that: "Among other things, pages that are hateful, threatening or obscene are not allowed."

Ebert responded on Twitter, "Facebook! My page is harmless and an asset to you. Why did you remove it in response to anonymous jerks? Makes you look bad."

The page was then put back up, with Facebook reversing course, and spokesperson Andrew Noyes saying “The page was was removed in error. We apologize for the inconvenience.”

In an article in the Chicago Sun-Times today, Ebert defended his comments, but did apologize to the family of the victims:

"To begin with, I offer my sympathy to Ryan Dunn's family and friends, and to those of Zachary Hartwell, who also died in the crash. I mean that sincerely. It is tragic to lose a loved one. I also regret that my tweet about the event was considered cruel. It was not intended as cruel. It was intended as true."

Click here to read Ebert's entire article. Do you think he was wrong to Tweet about the tragedy? Was Bam Margera out of line? Should Facebook have shut down Roger Ebert? Right or wrong, we hope no further awful news comes from this tragedy.