Eugenio Derbez is now issuing an apology to Selena Gomez.
If you missed it, the 63-year-old Acapulco star recently criticized the 32-year-old entertainer’s performance in her recent movie Emilia Pérez, along with her Spanish speaking in the film.
“I feel like what happens is they don’t speak Spanish,” he said on the Hablando de Cine podcast. “If you watch a Russian film or a German film that is subtitled in Spanish and you see someone [speaking in the original language], you say, ‘Oh, look. OK. How interesting.’”
Selena then caught a clip of his comments on TikTok, where she commented that she understood where he was coming from, but did the best she could.
Now, Eugenio has formally apologized to Selena, calling his comments “careless” and “indefensible.”
Keep reading to see what he said…
“Dear Selena, I truly apologize for my careless comments—they are indefensible and go against everything I stand for,” he wrote in a TikTok post. “As Latinos, we should always support one another. There’s no excuse. I was wrong, and I deeply admire your career and your kind heart.
“Emilia Pérez deserves to be celebrated, not diminished by my thoughtless remarks. I’m walking away from this with an important lesson learned,” he continued. “While I understand if you cannot accept my apology, please know it comes from the heart. With all my love and admiration, Eugenio Derbez.”
If you didn’t see, Selena is set to take part in an upcoming episode of Variety’s Actors on Actors series. Find out she’s paired with…
Eugenio‘s Apple TV+ series Acapulco is set to return for a fourth season!
