Sony’s Amy Pascal and Scott Rudin Apologize for Racially Insensitive Remarks About President Obama
The leaked emails “are not an accurate reflection of who I am,” Pascal says in a statement
Sony Pictures co-chariman Amy Pascal and producer Scott Rudinapologized Thursday for racially insensitive remarks they wrote about President Obama in emails that were leaked and published online.
“The content of my emails were insensitive and inappropriate but are not an accurate reflection of who I am,” Pascal said in a statement, adding that “although this was a private communication that was stolen, I accept full responsibility for what I wrote and apologize to everyone who was offended.”
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Rudin issued an apology via Deadline:
“Private emails between friends and colleagues written in haste and without much thought or sensitivity, even when the content of them is meant to be in jest, can result in offense where none was intended,” he told Deadline. “I made a series of remarks that were meant only to be funny, but in the cold light of day, they are in fact thoughtless and insensitive — and not funny at all. To anybody I’ve offended, I’m profoundly and deeply sorry, and I regret and apologize for any injury they might have caused.”
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