Jamie Lee Curtis sorry for ‘stupid’ Marvel outburst

Acting veteran Jamie Lee Curtis has furiously backtracked after some shady remarks at Comic-Con landed her in hot water.

Jamie Lee Curtis has publicly apologised after she lashed out at Marvel in a very shady comment at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is currently in Phase 5 of its movie releases, with next year’s The Fantastic Four: First Steps set to mark the start of Phase 6.

When MTV asked a number of stars at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con if they knew what phase the franchise was in, the 65-year-old Oscar-winner had a very snarky response.

Jamie Lee Curtis made a surprising remark about Marvel at Comic-Con in San Diego, California. Photo: Mat Hayward/Getty Images for IMDb.

She scoffed, and then said: “Bad.”

Curtis’s dig at Marvel caused hysterics among her co-stars in the upcoming action-adventure Borderlands.

But Curtis has now backtracked on her shady comment, issuing a grovelling public apology via social media, revealing she even reached out to Head of Marvel Studios Kevin Feige.

“My comments about Marvel were stupid and I will do better. I’ve reached out to Kevin Feige and will no longer play in that mud slinging sandbox of competition we call the internet nor will I engage in the toilet paper promotion or game play that is designed for clicks not content or conversation,” she tweeted.

Marvel has faced ridicule over the last few years after suffering numerous high-profile cinematic flops such as The Marvels and Ant Man, both of which lost the studio hundreds of millions of dollars and were panned by critics.

“Hey Marvel, she just terminated you,” joked her Borderlands co-star James McAvoy.

Curtis’ remark has divided fans online, with many hitting out at the star.

“Was she talking about her own career,” replied one upset fan, with another responding: “Why’s she insulting other actors like that?”

Throughout 2022, Curtis kickstarted a playful war with Marvel after her acclaimed A24 multiverse drama Everything Everywhere All at Once opened in theatres within weeks of Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The actor went wild on social media at the time proclaiming her movie the superior multiverse project.

Curtis is currently starring in the forthcoming movie adaptation of Borderlands. Photo: Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images.

“I have nothing against Marvel as an entity. I’ve seen a lot of Marvel movies,” Curtis told People magazine. “What I was talking about is that Everything Everywhere All at Once was a little movie that could … and we were able to tell a multiverse story that really touched people. What I was trying to talk about was it doesn’t have to be a Marvel movie in order to be a spectacle and to really move you.”

While Marvel was stuck in its “bad” phase for a while, its latest project appears to have turned the tables for the studio.

Marvel is currently dominating the box office charts with the record-breaking success of Deadpool & Wolverine, which is on track to cross the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office next month.

The blockbuster, which sees Hugh Jackman returning as Wolverine alongside Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, has been labelled a return to form the for the much-maligned studio.