Paul Walter Hauser apologizes for 'mean-spirited' comments towards Vin Diesel

Paul Walter Hauser is really embodying his Inside Out 2 character, embarrassment, after issuing a lengthy apology for his previous comments.

In what seemed like an attack out of the blue, during a press interview for film Inside Out 2, Paul Walter Hauser began to make some digs at Vin Diesel.

While speaking to CinemaBlend on June 25 about the film, the actor was compared to Vin Diesel, something that seemed to get under his skin.

After the comparison, he snapped at the interview: “Please don’t say that. I like to think I’m on time, and approachable.

“Sorry, I love people but when I hear stories about Hollywood actors who get paid really well and mistreat people I out them constantly and it’s a blast.”

The way Hauser went off you would think the pair have starred in a film or TV show together but the pair have never actually met.

In his apology, that he posted to his Instagram page on July 8, Hauser insisted he didn’t feel this way anymore and argued his comments were ‘needlessly mean spirited’.

He defended his points, stating he was overly tired and what he heard about Diesel was true.

However, he closed with an apology to the actor, tagging him in the post, while also vowing to be a better Christian.

Alongside his apology he put an image of a Bible verse, Thessalonians 4:11: "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life."

Vin Diesel has not publicly commented about Hauser’s initial comments nor his apology and UNILAD has previously reached out to his representatives for comment.

Hauser’s full apology below: “A few weeks back, I made a random comment about Vin Diesel. It started somewhat humorous, but unraveled into me dogging him out over behavior I had heard about on multiple occasions from multiple sources.

“I had done a night shoot on a Friday, gotten 1 hour of sleep, and then flew to LA from ATL at 6am to do a full day of press for Inside Out 2. I was exhausted and, in my fatigued state, I shot my mouth off and made a careless, needlessly mean-spirited, comment.

"That comment was recorded and then went viral.

“Just here to say that I am sorry for having made that comment. I do indeed get riled up by some of the behavior I’ve witnessed, or heard about, and “outing” people to any extent can feel momentarily satiating.

“I no longer feel that way and am genuinely sorry for shooting my mouth off and not showing love to Vin, who I do not know and have never met. It isn’t fair of me to make judgments of that kind, and even if some of those things turned out to be true, it is mean to shout them out and playfully attack someone.

“As a self-professed Christian, I need to do a better job of loving people and not trying to “right a wrong”, or allow my ego to posture itself with some sort of verbal flex. It just isn’t additive to our culture, and it can hurt other people.

“@vindiesel - I apologize. Thank you for entertaining so many people and making them happy. I’m trying to do the same.

“Time for me to be quiet. I sometimes talk myself into idiocy.”