Green Book is a story about love, acceptance and overcoming barriers, and I will do better.”
Nick Vallelonga, the Green Book writer and producer whose late father Tony is a central character in the film, has apologised for a 2015 social media post that triggered accusations of Islamophobia.
I spent my life trying to bring this story of overcoming differences and finding common ground to the screen, and I am incredibly sorry to everyone associated with Green Book.
Farrelly said: “I thought I was being funny and the truth is I’m embarrassed and it makes me cringe now.