Getty ImagesAfter nasty emails between Sony Co-Chairman Amy Pascal and producer Scott Rudin leaked and hit the Internet, calling out Angelina Jolie and President Barack Obama, both Hollywood honchos have issued public apologies for their "insensitive words."
Rudin, who went so far as to seemingly threaten Pascal during the heated exchange, which took place over a couple of months, released a statement to NBC.
"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 the trade publication. "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."
The "remarks" that Rudin refers to involve cracks made about what "black" movies Obama might like. The two colleagues made jokes about what small talk the Sony executive could make with the president, and the two name Django Unchained, Ride Along and 12 Years a Slave, among others, BuzzFeed reported.
Pascal, remorseful for her once private words, also has for her emails in a statement to NBC.
"The content of my emails to Scott were insensitive and inappropriate but are not an accurate reflection of who I am. Although this was a private communication that was stolen, I accept full responsibility for what I wrote and apologize to everyone who was offended."
Other emails between Pascal and Rudin also attack the Unbroken director, with Rudin referring to Jolie as a "minimally talented spoiled brat." He also threw shade at Pascal directly, claiming that she destroyed her own career with the yet-to-be-made Steve Jobs biopic.
"You've destroyed your relationships with half the town over how you've behaved on this movie," he wrote in one email, published by Gawker. "If you don't think it's true, wait and see. Let's see the next filmmaker WME puts in business at Sony or the next piece of star talent. I'll bet my house I'm right."