Three days after his film “Green Book” won top honors at the Golden Globes, director Peter Farrelly apologized for repeatedly flashing his penis two decades ago in an attempt to be funny.
“True. I was an idiot,” he said in a statement. “I did this decades ago and I thought I was being funny and the truth is I’m embarrassed and it makes me cringe now. I’m deeply sorry.”
The embarrassment from his past comes during an Oscar season when any questions about a potential nominees’ past can derail his or her hopes of a nomination. Wednesday was a bad day for “Green Book” all around: The film’s writer, Nick Vallelonga, deleted his Twitter feed after an old tweet resurfaced agreeing with President Trump that Muslims in New Jersey celebrated the 9/11 attacks.