Spike Lee went on and “did the right thing” after his 74th Cannes Film Festival fault.
The 64-year-old writer-director stepped forward and said sorry after mistakenly revealing the 2021 Palme d’Or winner, Titane, on Saturday, July 17, when he was expected to share a various reward winner rather. “I have no excuses. I messed up,” Lee stated throughout an interview, per a video caught by Variety. “I’m a big sports fan. It’s like the guy at the end of the game in the foul line, he misses a free throw, or a guy misses a kick.”
Lee continued, “I messed up, simple as that. I was very specific to speak to the people of Cannes and tell them that I apologize. They said forget about it.”
Maggie Gyllenhaal spoke out about Lee’s error, stating that it was “like an injection of humanity right into the middle of the ceremony,” per another video shared by Variety.
Lee likewise joked about his unintentional expose following his apology.
