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Newfoundland and Labrador Liberal MP Gerry Byrne has apologized to former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson after he said the anti-seal hunt activist was “a has-been actor with an incurable STD.”

Byrne made the tweets after Anderson and The Simpsons co-creator and philanthropist Sam Simon caused a stir in Newfoundland Tuesday by offering a $1-million incentive to end the seal hunt.

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The MP reacted angrily to the offer in two tweets Tuesday night.

“A has-been actor with an incurable STD and a guy dying of cancer throw down the gauntlet! ‘Men of retirement age aren’t important,'” he tweeted.

“Hey Pam, here’s a thought. Take your million and donate it to…sexually transmitted disease education. Good self-promotion.”

The tweets have since been deleted.

Simon, 58, is terminally ill with colorectal cancer and has said he planned to give away his fortune to charity.