Ekta Kapoor’s on Wednesday had taken to her social media and issued an apology statement over actress Kangana Ranaut’s spat with a journalist, Justin Rao during the song launch from their upcoming film, Judgementall Hai Kya.
The statement read, “A lot is being reported about the debate that ensued between our film Judgementall Hai Kya’s actor and journalist Justin Rao, at the film’s song launch event on July 7th, 2019. Unfortunately, the event took an unpleasant turn.”
“While the people involved in it fairly held their own perspectives but because it happened at the event of our film, we, as the producers, would like to apologize and express regret for this untoward incident. We would like to maintain that our intention was not to disrespect or hurt anyone's sentiments," the statement read.
The production house has urged the media to not "let this one incident hamper the team effort that has gone behind making the film".
The statement has been issued a day after the Entertainment Journalists' Guild of India conveyed their decision to boycott Ranaut in their open letter.