EXCLUSIVE
“Tower Heist” director and Oscar producer Brett Ratner apologized Monday for using a gay slur Friday night at a public screening of his new film.
The director lost his cool during a question and answer session for his new movie Friday night, and angered some in the audience by saying, “Rehearsal’s for fags.”
In an exclusive statement to TheWrap, Ratner said:
“I apologize for any offense my remarks caused. It was a dumb way of expressing myself. Everyone who knows me knows that I don’t have a prejudiced bone in my body. But as a storyteller I should have been much more thoughtful about the power of language and my choice of words.”