I guess in his case, "Ignorance is Bliss". Unfortunately, being in the limelight, he should be much more careful about how he speaks and who it might hurt.
And then, there is another angle to this that we can take....
Just because he said it, doesn't mean we have to accept it as a truth. People say hurtful and inexcusable things all the time, sometimes we have to consider the source and move on. I refuse to give him or any other individual power over me by their words. He doesn't deserve it!