Joaquin Phoenix was “embarrased” by a clip of outtakes from “Joker” that were shown on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Tuesday night, leading him to “publicly apologize” to the film’s cinematographer.
Jimmy Kimmel showed the “Joker” star an expletive-laded outtake reel of Phoenix on camera berating someone named Larry from just off screen. While the moment feels like it could’ve been staged, with his reps telling TheWrap on Wednesday morning that it was a joke, Phoenix seemed genuinely taken aback by watching the clip and felt the need to rationalize and apologize for what the audience just saw.
“This is so embarrassing,” Phoenix told Kimmel.