http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31749_162-57320415-10391698/director-brett-ratner-aplogizes-for-gay-slur/CBS/AP) Filmmaker Brett Ratner apologized Monday for using a gay slur during a question-and-answer session at a screening for his new movie "Tower Heist."
The 42-year-old, who is set to produce next year's Academy Awards, issued a statement saying he was sorry "for any offense my remarks caused."
Ratner used a derogatory term to describe gay men in response to a question asked at a "Tower Heist" screening.
"It was a dumb way of expressing myself," Ratner said in his statement. "Everyone who knows me knows that I don't have a prejudiced bone in my body. But as a storyteller I should have been much more thoughtful about the power of language and my choice