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Warning: This post contains discussion of body image issues.
Emily Bluntwas in some hot water once a 2012 talk show appearance resurfaced, showing her body shaming a restaurant employee.
Fans of theOppenheimeractor rediscovered a YouTube clip of her appearance on theJonathan Ross Showin Sept. 2012, where she recalled a story about a Chili’s server, unnecessarily referring to the waiter’s weight.
In theclip, this is how the story goes: “So, we went out for dinner at Chili’s,” Emily began. “The girl serving me was enormous, you know. I think she got freebie meals at Chili’s.”
“Nothing wrong with that,” Jonathan replied. Although to be fair, it was actually Jonathan who introduced the word to the conversation. In thefull interview, he began the conversation with, “You ever been to Chili’s? When you go to Chili’s, you can see why so many of our American friends are enormous.” He then describes the large portion of burgers served.
Keeping up the conversation, in her Kansas accent, Emily continued her story, “And she comes out, and she goes, ‘Did anyone ever tell you — you look like likeEmily Blunt?'” To which Emily responds, “I have heard that yes.”
The waiter asked once more if she was Emily Blunt, and when she confirmed, the waiter screamed, “What are y’all doing here?!”
Emily then explained to the waiter that she was in town to film Rian Johnson’s third film, the 2012 science thriller,Looper, which also starred Joseph Gordon-Levitt andBruce Willis.
Of course, the waiter didn’t believe her and replied, “Looper? Y’all just made that up.”
Now, Emily has issued an apology throughPeopleto address her insensitive 2012 interview.
“I just need to address this head-on as my jaw was on the floor watching this clip from 12 years ago,” Emily told 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.”
“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.”
There were fans who initially reacted to the shortened viral clip with disgust:
The actual fundamental interaction with the waitress was a precious funny news report , she could have just said that cuz there was zero need to describe the waitress … it add up nothing to the story , just flat out rude
Why did she even say that ? Not necessary at all
While the viral clip presented that Emily used inappropriate language out of nowhere, she was, in fact, prompted with the word, so in my opinion, the ownership of her mistake is even more admirable.
Many fans have praised theDevil Wears Pradaactor for taking ownership of her insensitive language:
I believe she ’s being genuine . A sight can change in a decade .
This is how you apologize
I mean … masses can change the way they think in 11 long time . Pretty certainly most people criticise her used to say the same matter or even unsound 11 year ago
Love this . We all say things that we regret . It ’s impossible to filter everything that we say . All we can do is apologise if we offend and keep living .
i be intimate that she had no ego to admit it was indeed a very insensitive affair to say and wholly unrelated too . this speaks book when it comes to one ’s growth . so many would sweep this off and say those who got offended are “ soft ” . really cool and fledged of her .
This is how you apologize . evidence growth and humility .
She ’s been candid & take aim consequences of her activeness that ’s the cardinal 🔥 🔥 🔥
I ’m happy that she acknowledged the harm but I would love for her to talk about how she has address her fatphobia . She made it seem like this was out of character for her when really a lot of us are fatphobic and we have to be material about that for change it .
Here is the fullstorywith the apology.
