Actress Emily Blunt joked about her American citizenship during an interview at the Toronto International Film Festival and has now apologized for it.
As we previously reported, Blunt joked with The Hollywood Reporter when asked about her reaction to the first 2016 Republican presidential debate. “I became an American citizen recently, and that night, we watched the Republican debate and I thought, 'This was a terrible mistake. What have I done?’” she said.
Fox & Friends said that Blunt “Dixie Chick’d” herself and alienated half of American moviegoers with that comment.
While on the Today Show this morning to promote Sicario, Blunt apologized for the comment and said that she never intended to offend anyone.
“It was so not the intention to hurt anybody or cause any offense, so I really apologize to those that I caused offense,” Blunt told Savannah Guthrie. “It was just an offhand joke. I think I'll probably leave the political jokes to late night or something.”
In all seriousness though, Blunt said it was really important to her to be an American citizen, since both her husband, actor John Krasinski, and their daughter are American citizens.
Sicario hits theaters on Oct. 2.
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