Batman actor Christian Bale has gone public to announce he is ever so sorry for his F-bomb meltdown (a 36 count!) on the set of Terminator Salvation. He issued a long, meandering mea culpa to explain to everyone that he has a problem controlling his temper - which we already knew.
Bale issued this apology by calling into an L.A. radio station on Friday: "It's been a miserable week for me. I know I have a potty mouth, everybody knows that now. I have no confusion whatsoever. I was out of order beyond belief, I was way out of order."
Audio of the meltdown became an internet sensation. The incident happened several months ago during the shooting of the film, after a director of photography accidentally ruined a scene by walking onto the set. The hyper-intense, professional Bale threw a tantrum and threatened to quit the movie if the DP wasn't fired...
He continued with the apology, telling radio hosts Kevin Ryder and Gene "Bean" Baxter that: "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."
Then he added this part - that - it's not really all his fault since he just wants to be an actor - not 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."
