So of course Christian Bale issued a response to tirade-gate:

“It’s been a miserable week for me. I know I have a pottymouth, everybody knows that now. I have no confusion whatsoever. […] I was way out of order. I acted like a punk, I regret that and there is nobody that has heard that tape that has been hit harder by it than me. I make no excuses for it […]. I’m embarrassed by it. I ask everybody to sit down and ask themselves, have they ever had a bad day and have they ever lost their temper and really regretted it immensely. Feel free to make fun of me at my expense; I deserve it completely.

On whether there are any hard feelings between he and the DP: “We have resolved this completely…I have no intention of getting anyone fired. There is no problem whatsoever.”

He continues, “One thing that has really disturbed me throughout this is I’m not familiar or comfortable with this notion of being a movie star. I’m an actor and I’m don’t quite know how to handle [the movie star thing]. The thing that disturbs me so much is that I’ve heard a lot of people saying that I seem to think I’m better than anybody else. Nothing could be farther from the truth. I’m a lucky SOB. I never forget that and that is why I put so much into what I do and I care so much about it . Sometimes that enthusiasm just goes awry.” [Cinematical]

Oh, Christian, just kill a hooker while flexing in the mirror and all is forgiven.  But don’t apologize to us, just thank James Lipton and Conan O’Brien for ruining the joke once and for all.  Oh my, isn’t this delightfully random!  You Harvard fellows certainly are irreverent.
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Terminator Salvation Assistant Director/Associate Producer Bruce Franklin, who can be heard trying to reason with Bale on the tape, has commented on the incident:

“If you are working in a very intense scene and someone takes you out of your groove…It was the most emotional scene in the movie,” said Franklin. “And for him to get stopped in the middle of it. He is very intensely involved in his character. He didn’t walk around like that all day long. It was just a moment and it passed.

“This was my second movie with Christian, and it has always been a good experience with him,” added Franklin, who also worked with the actor on 2000’s Shaft. “He is so dedicated to the craft. I think someone is begging to make some noise about this, but I don’t think it’s fair. The art of acting is not paint by numbers, it’s an art form. “ [E! via horror-movies.ca]

His on-set outburst occurred days before he was arrested in London for an alleged assault on his mother and sister in a London hotel room on the eve of The Dark Knight premiere. [Telegraph UK]

Okay, fine, so maybe he was dealing with some personal shit at the time (who am I kidding, I can’t be mad at those abs!).  But “someone begging to make some noise”?  The dude got caught on tape screaming at someone for four minutes straight.  And as far as an intense scene, let’s try to keep in mind he was making a movie about giant robots, not curing f-cking cancer.  Also: I think Tirade would be a good name for a drink that does the opposite of Gatorade.

Video rated R for naughty words…

Ahh, the internet.  As always, the best part of any celebrity tirade is… THE REMIX!  *scratches record, falls off stage* Anyway, here it is, the Christian Bale tirade remix, as put together by “Revolucian”, who notes, “I’m producing RuPaul’s new album “Champion” coming soooooooon!!!” [sic]  In other news, RuPaul is still alive.

[Two more remixes after the jump - all this is less than 24 hours.  Wow, internet, first porn, now this. I salute ye.]
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Listen to Christian Bale yelling at a Cinematographer: Christian Bale’s Meltdown here.

Christian Bale was recently captured on audio tape (recorded in July) throwing a major tantrum on the set of eyeline and distracting him during a shot.  Bale spends the next three minutes or so swearing at the guy, threatening to kick his ass, threatening not to work if Hurlbut’s not fired – pretty much the whole prima donna nine yards. And so typical of a talent tirade, he doesn’t make any new points, just keeps shouting the same thing over and over while everyone placates him and says, “Yes, so very sorry, Mr. Bale, I’ll never duck when you throw a shoe at me ever again.”  TMZ claims the tape was recorded by execs to send to the insurance company in case Bale walked off.

Now, if you were a rich, handsome, famous movie star like Christian Bale, wouldn’t you be aware of the fact that people already expect you to act like a spoiled asshole baby who’d throw a fit if his soy chai had too much Splenda?  And wouldn’t you consciously try not to play into that stereotype?   Like if you were a plumber, wouldn’t you go out of your way to make sure your asscrack wasn’t hanging out?  Or if you were a Catholic priest, try really hard not to molest kids?  Christian Bale wouldn’t.  In fact, I think it’s pretty clear that Christian Bale is a Catholic priest who molests kids.