CeeLo Green: 'People who have really been raped remember'

CeeLo Green over the weekend tried to explain when rape is rape, and when it is not. His attempt did not go well, as the eccentric musician posted, then deleted, a series of tweets that seemed to suggest unconscious victims cannot be raped.

"People who have really been raped REMEMBER!!!" he wrote.

More tweets, saved before they could be scrubbed from the web:

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Green on Friday pleaded no contest to allegedly slipping a woman ecstasy without her permission in 2012. After deleting his account, he returned to Twitter Monday to apologize "for my comments being taken so far out of context." As of Tuesday morning, his account was once again defunct.