Christian Bale called the Kevin & Bean radio show in Los Angeles this morning to apologize after he went completely insane on the DP of Terminator Salvation.
You can listen to him here via TMZ or check out his response below:
“It’s been a miserable week for me. I know I have a pottymouth, everybody knows that now. I have no confusion whatsoever. I was out of order beyond belief, I was way out of order. I acted like a punk, I regret that and there is nobody that has heard that tape that has been hit harder by it than me. I make no excuses for it, it is inexcusable and I hope that is absolutely clear. I’m embarrassed by it. I ask everybody to sit down and ask themselves, have they ever had a bad day and have they ever lost their temper and really regretted it immensely. Feel free to make fun of me at my expense; I deserve it completely.
On his relationship with the DP:
“We have resolved this completely…I have no intention of getting anyone fired. There is no problem whatsoever.”
On being a movie star:
“One thing that has really disturbed me throughout this is I’m not familiar or comfortable with this notion of being a movie star. I’m an actor and I’m don’t quite know how to handle [the movie star thing]. The thing that disturbs me so much is that I’ve heard a lot of people saying that I seem to think I’m better than anybody else. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I’m a lucky SOB. I never forget that and that is why I put so much into what I do and I care so much about it . Sometimes that enthusiasm just goes awry.”
On Michael Phelps:
“Please, Michael Phelps — swim in the next Olympics … So he smoked a bit of weed. Plenty of our presidents have. Do not waste that godlike talent.”
That’s noble of Bale to respond. I don’t think he was that out of line, and it created some funny responses. Well it looks like that is settled. Now we wait for Terminator Salvation to hit theaters May 22nd, 2009.
Do you forgive Bale?