AP

Gov. Sarah Palin has accepted comedian David Letterman's apology made during Monday night's broadcast of "The Late Show" for crude jokes made about her and her teen daughters last week.

In a statement to FOXNews.com early Tuesday, the Alaska governor said, "Of course it's accepted on behalf of young women, like my daughters, who hope men who 'joke' about public displays of sexual exploitation of girls will soon evolve."

The apology came after Letterman took his biggest step to put the furor surrounding his jokes about Gov. Sarah Palin's daughters behind him.

"I would like to apologize, especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke. I’m sorry about it and I’ll try to do better in the future," Letterman told the studio audience.

Letterman's mea culpa comes on the heels of New York State Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb's calls to the CEO of CBS to fire David Letterman and outrage from women's groups.

Click here to read more of Letterman's apology and Palin's response.

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