James Cameron lastly addresses Amy Poehler’s controversial marriage joke ‘that went too far’

James Cameron has fired again at Amy Poehler over a decade after she made an ‘ignorant dig’ relating to his relationship with one in every of his ex-wives.

In 2013, Poehler, 54, headed up the Golden Globes ceremony on the iconic Beverly Hilton Resort with 30 Rock’s Tina Fey.

Through the occasion, which noticed Ben Affleck’s Argo and Les Misérables successful massive, the Parks and Recreation star took a comedic pop at director Cameron, 71, and his third spouse, Kathryn Bigelow, 74.

Bigelow, a two-time Academy Award winner, was nominated within the Golden Globe Greatest Director class for her work on Zero Darkish Thirty.

She was pitted alongside Steven Spielberg, Ang Lee, and Quentin Tarantino, all of who misplaced out to Affleck, 53.

In her opening monologue, Poehler referenced Zero Darkish Thirty‘s eyebrow-raising depiction of torture, stating: “In terms of torture, I belief the woman who spent three years married to James Cameron.”

Selection reported that, on the time, awards nominee Jessica Chastain’s jaw ‘dropped’ whereas different members of the viewers had been ‘visibly shocked’ by the joke.

In a brand new interview with The New York Instances, the Avatar director has slammed Poehler’s quip about Bigelow, whom he was married to between 1989 and 1991.

“Amy Poehler’s comment was an ignorant dig, at an occasion which is meant to be a celebration of cinema and filmmakers, not a roast,” Cameron proclaimed.

“I’m fairly thick-skinned, and pleased to be the butt of a good-natured joke, however that went too far.”

He added: “The truth that folks discovered it humorous reveals precisely what they consider me, though they do not know who I’m or how I work.”

LADbible has contacted Amy Poehler’s reps for additional remark.

The Unbiased wrote that the remark could have referred to Cameron’s alleged ‘perfectionist’ behaviour on set.

Kate Winslet as soon as told the Guardian that the director had ‘a mood such as you would not imagine’ whereas actor Sam Worthington alleged he would ‘nail’ a cell phone to the wall with a nailgun if he heard it ping.

“Would I nail a cellphone to the wall with a nailgun? Completely, if it went off in the midst of a take, however it doesn’t suggest I’d be emotionally enraged,” he confessed to the Unbiased in 2013.

“I’d do it in a calculated theatrical approach. However when the story will get instructed later, it seems like anyone who’s continually off on the deep finish.”

Elsewhere in The New York Instances interview, the Titanic icon remarked he was pitted towards his former flame throughout the 2009/10 awards season.

On the time, Avatar was going through off towards The Harm Locker, with the latter selecting up six Oscars, together with Greatest Image, Greatest Director, and Greatest Unique Screenplay.

In the meantime, the primary in Cameron’s sci-fi collection picked up the crown for Greatest Artwork Course, Greatest Cinematography, and Greatest Visible Results.

In line with the filmmaker, he was the ‘first one applauding’ when The Harm Locker gained Bigelow the Greatest Director Oscar.

He mentioned: “Kathryn and I believed the entire meta-narrative round us was fairly humorous.

“I used to be somewhat involved that it might simply take away from her credibility as a filmmaker. It began to show right into a dialog that wasn’t about her movie, and that bothered each of us.”

The third instalment in Cameron’s Avatar movie franchise, Hearth and Ash, is in cinemas now.