Now what were we saying the other day about lying possibly being the best option when you have offended someone? Well, apparently, there is another option — invent a new meaning for the offensive word.

After an expletive-laced, threatening and homophobic rant on Twitter aimed at a UK Daily Mail reporter named George Stark, Alec Baldwin did just that. The 55-year-old was very angry when  the Daily Mail ran a story claiming that Alec’s pregnant wife, Hilaria, was tweeting during James Gandolfini’s funeral on  Thursday, June 27th. Reporter Stark posted the tweets and their time stamps with this horrible headline: “Alec Baldwin’s pregnant wife Hilaria TWEETS about Rachael Ray and anniversary gifts during James Gandolfini’s funeral” and Alec Baldwin blew his cork.

The 30 Rock Star chose to express his anger by calling the reporter “a little bitch”, “a toxic queen” and profanely threatening him with bodily harm. Alec indicated there was one thing he wouldn’t do: “If put my foot up your f**king ass, George Stark, but I’m sure you’d dig it too much.”  See the full rant here.

On Friday, Alec Baldwin told the Gothamist that his use of the word “queen” was not meant in the sense of a homophobic slur because to him, it has an entirely different meaning: “… the idea of me calling this guy a ‘queen’ and that being something that people thought is homophobic… a queen to me has a different meaning. It’s somebody who’s just above. It doesn’t have any necessarily sexual connotations. To me a queen… I know women that act queeny, I know men that are straight that act queeny, and I know gay men that act queeny. It doesn’t have to be a definite sexual connotation, or a homophobic connotation. To me those are people who think the rules don’t apply to them. This guy could blatantly lie, I mean blatantly lie about my wife on the internet and there are just no rules that apply to him, but that’s outrageous to me.”

He followed up with an apology to GLAAD  (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation).:

“My ill-advised attack on George Stark of the Daily Mail had absolutely nothing to do with issues of anyone’s sexual orientation. My anger was directed at Mr. Stark for blatantly lying and disseminating libelous information about my wife and her conduct at our friend’s funeral service. As someone who fights against homophobia, I apologize.

I have worked, periodically, with numerous marriage equality organizations, especially over the past couple of years, to achieve the very rights that gay couples are earning by recent court decisions. I would not advocate violence against someone for being gay and I hope that my friends at GLAAD and the gay community understand that my attack on Mr. Stark in no way was the result of homophobia. Many Thanks, Alec Baldwin.”

Rich Ferraro, GLAAD’s VP of communications, accepted that apology with these words: “Alec Baldwin is making it clear that the intent behind his tweets does not excuse his language, especially at a time when there were 11 incidents of violence against gay men in New York City just last month. As we all work to end such senseless acts of violence, allies like Baldwin are right to use these moments to reinforce support for the community and LGBT equality.”

It is not clear whether Ferraro heard of Alec Baldwin’s definition of queen.