Emily Blunt Apologizes for Past Fat-Shaming Comments

Emily Blunt has apologized for insensitive comments she made about a person's weight during a 2012 appearance on the U.K.'s "Jonathan Ross Show."

A video clip of her appearance, during which she called a waiter "enormous," has resurfaced, prompting the actor to address her remarks in a statement to People.

"I just need to address this head-on as my jaw was on the floor watching this clip from 12 years ago," Blunt said. "I'm appalled that I would say something so insensitive, hurtful, and unrelated to whatever story I was trying to tell on a talk show."

Blunt made her controversial comments while recalling stopping at a Chili's restaurant while filming for her movie "Looper," which also starred Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis and Paul Dano.

Talk show host Jonathan Ross noted, "If you go to Chili's, you can see why so many of our American friends are enormous."

"Well, the girl who was serving me was enormous," Blunt responded. "I think she got freebie meals at Chili's," she continued, stating that the server in question recognized her.

In her statement to People, Blunt said she had always considered herself to be someone "who wouldn't dream of upsetting anyone," adding, "so whatever possessed me to say anything like this in that moment is unrecognizable to me or anything I stand for."

"And yet it happened, and I said it and I'm so sorry for any hurt caused. I was absolutely old enough to know better," she said.

Earlier this year, Blunt announced that she would be taking a step back from acting in order to focus on her family, which includes her husband John Krasinski and their daughters Hazel, 9, and Violet, 7. Her announcement came while discussing balancing being a working mom during an appearance on an episode of the podcast "Table for Two" with Bruce Bozzi.

"I never feel I'm doing it right. But this year I'm not working," she said, according to Vanity Fair.

"I worked quite a bit last year, and my oldest baby is 9," Blunt continued. "We're in the last year of single digits. I just feel there are cornerstones to their day that are so important when they're little. It's, 'Will you wake me up? Will you take me to school? Will you pick me up? Will you put me to bed?' And I just need to be there for all of them for a good stretch. I just felt that in my bones."