Christian Bale apologizes! Life can return to normal.

Our long national nightmare is over: Christian Bale has apologized for the expletive-laden rant he unleashed on one of the crewmembers on the set of Terminator Salvation.

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 out of order beyond belief, 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, it is inexcusable and I hope that is absolutely clear. 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.

You can listen to the full apology, if you’re so inclined, here. Now, let’s all return to real life and focus on things that are truly important, like fixing that economic crisis thingamajig.