Emily Blunt ‘Appalled’ Over Resurfaced 2012 TV Interview in Which She Called a Waiter ‘Enormous’: ‘I Am So Sorry for Any Hurt Caused’

variety.com:

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Emily Blunt is getting ahead of a potential scandal by telling People magazine she is “appalled” about a September 2012 appearance on the UK’s “Jonathan Ross Show” in which she called a waiter “enormous.” The actor was promoting her role in Rian Johnson’s “Looper” at the time.

A clip of Blunt calling the waiter “enormous” must’ve started circulated as she issued a statement to People in which she apologized for her language. “If you go to Chili’s you can see why so many of our American friends are enormous,” Blunt told Ross during the interview. “Well the girl who was serving me was enormous.” “I just need to address this head on as my jaw was on the floor watching this clip from 12-years ago,” Blunt now said in a statement exclusive to People. “I’m appalled that I would say something so insensitive, hurtful, and unrelated to whatever story I was trying to tell on a talk show.” Blunt continued, “I’ve always considered myself someone who wouldn’t dream of upsetting anyone so whatever possessed me to say anything like this in that moment is unrecognizable to me or anything I stand for.

And yet it happened, and I said it and I’m so sorry for any hurt caused. I was absolutely old enough to know better.” Blunt had a supporting role in “Looper” opposite headliners Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis.

While she’s currently on strike as a member of SAG-AFTRA, she’ll most likely hit the awards season campaign trail hard when the strike resolves thanks to her performance in Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” Blunt is in the running for her first Oscar nomination.