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23 February 2025<\/time>\n <\/p>\nAli Abbasi is “truly sorry” for making an unnamed actor “uncomfortable” with his alleged inappropriate behaviour.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nAli Abbasi has apologised<\/p>\n\nThe ‘Apprentice’ director was reported to have “groped” a mystery A-Lister at a Golden Globes afterparty last month and while he has described the gesture as him being “over-familiar” with someone he knew by giving them a “playful slap on the rear”, he insisted he had said sorry immediately when he realised the gesture had backfired.<\/p>\n\nHe said in a statement: \u201cI fully understand that my action made someone uncomfortable, regardless of my intent, and for that I am truly sorry.<\/p>\n\n“I had spent time with the person concerned on multiple occasions and had reason to think we had a friendly relationship.<\/p>\n\n\u201cWhen I saw him at the Golden Globes party, I was excited to reconnect. I made an over-familiar gesture \u2014 a slap on the rear \u2014 which I intended as playful and not in any sexual way whatsoever.<\/p>\n\n“I quickly realised I had misjudged the situation. I apologized to him on the spot, and the following day I made sure my apology was reiterated through my representatives.\u201d<\/p>\n\nDeadline reported the incident and revealed he had parted ways with Creative Artist Agency (CAA) – who also represent the unnamed actor – and Management 360 talent agency, but Ali insisted the two were not connected.<\/p>\n\nHe added: \u201cThe suggestion that I was dropped by my representation due to this interaction is false.<\/p>\n\n“My decision to part ways was a long-term career decision that was not shaped by short-term motivations. <\/p>\n\n“I believe in taking accountability for my actions; I made a mistake, I apologised and have learned a valuable life lesson.<\/p>\n\n“I remain grateful for the incredible work of our cast, crew and supporters on The Apprentice, and I hope the focus stays on their achievements.\u201d<\/p>\n\nThe filmmaker had earlier confirmed he had left his agencies and was taking his career in a “new direction”.<\/p>\n\nHe told Deadline: \u201cI can confirm that I\u2019ve made the decision to move in a new direction with my career. I\u2019m grateful for the work CAA and Entertainment 360 have done, particularly their commitment to The Apprentice, which remains a project I\u2019m incredibly proud of. I look forward to announcing my next steps at the appropriate time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n<\/p>\n \n <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nSource link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"23 February 2025 Ali Abbasi is “truly sorry” for making an unnamed actor “uncomfortable” with his alleged inappropriate behaviour. Ali Abbasi has apologised The ‘Apprentice’ director was reported to have “groped” a mystery A-Lister at a Golden Globes afterparty last month and while he has described the gesture as him being “over-familiar” with someone he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":151861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[10732],"class_list":{"0":"post-151860","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-make-up","8":"tag-ali-abassi"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/151860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=151860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Ali Abbasi is “truly sorry” for making an unnamed actor “uncomfortable” with his alleged inappropriate behaviour.<\/p>\n
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Ali Abbasi has apologised<\/p>\n
\nThe ‘Apprentice’ director was reported to have “groped” a mystery A-Lister at a Golden Globes afterparty last month and while he has described the gesture as him being “over-familiar” with someone he knew by giving them a “playful slap on the rear”, he insisted he had said sorry immediately when he realised the gesture had backfired.<\/p>\n
\nHe said in a statement: \u201cI fully understand that my action made someone uncomfortable, regardless of my intent, and for that I am truly sorry.<\/p>\n
\n“I had spent time with the person concerned on multiple occasions and had reason to think we had a friendly relationship.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cWhen I saw him at the Golden Globes party, I was excited to reconnect. I made an over-familiar gesture \u2014 a slap on the rear \u2014 which I intended as playful and not in any sexual way whatsoever.<\/p>\n
\n“I quickly realised I had misjudged the situation. I apologized to him on the spot, and the following day I made sure my apology was reiterated through my representatives.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nDeadline reported the incident and revealed he had parted ways with Creative Artist Agency (CAA) – who also represent the unnamed actor – and Management 360 talent agency, but Ali insisted the two were not connected.<\/p>\n
\nHe added: \u201cThe suggestion that I was dropped by my representation due to this interaction is false.<\/p>\n
\n“My decision to part ways was a long-term career decision that was not shaped by short-term motivations. <\/p>\n
\n“I believe in taking accountability for my actions; I made a mistake, I apologised and have learned a valuable life lesson.<\/p>\n
\n“I remain grateful for the incredible work of our cast, crew and supporters on The Apprentice, and I hope the focus stays on their achievements.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThe filmmaker had earlier confirmed he had left his agencies and was taking his career in a “new direction”.<\/p>\n
\nHe told Deadline: \u201cI can confirm that I\u2019ve made the decision to move in a new direction with my career. I\u2019m grateful for the work CAA and Entertainment 360 have done, particularly their commitment to The Apprentice, which remains a project I\u2019m incredibly proud of. I look forward to announcing my next steps at the appropriate time.\u201d<\/p>\n
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