We recently discussed Bronson Pinchot’s “surprisingly informative” interview with The Onion, in which he addressed, among many other things, Tom Cruise & Denzel Washington’s not-so-nice sides. In particular, it was Cruise’s “constant unrelated homophobic comments” that caught the most attention, so Cruise’s rep contacted EW.com with a response: “Obviously, this is so far removed from who Tom Cruise is as a person, this must have been said in jest.” Naturally.

Pinchot has taken to his Twitter page for updates on this amusingly viral situation. In addition, WSJ.com contacted Pinchot, who further clarified his comments and, to his credit, did not backtrack:

The Wall Street Journal: Were you serious or joking when you said Tom Cruise made “constant unrelated homophobic comments” while on the “Risky Business” set?

Pinchot: The context of the question was, “how did he strike me as a person” at a point in his career when he was a virtual unknown. And my answer was that, coming straight out of the world of theater, as essentially all the supporting male actors did, where homophobic language was not heard, I remember thinking his use of it was remarkable and excessive; however, it is also true to say, in hindsight, that for a 20 year-old with no background in theater, such language is actually unremarkable. Which I did not know at 23.

What about the remark that Denzel Washington is one of the most unpleasant people you’ve met?

I regret my choice of words there, and would like to amend my statement by saying I found his willingness to be ungenerous, unkind, knowingly hurtful both mentally and physically to myself and the crew to be the saddest misuse of stardom I have ever experienced or hope to experience.

Well, I still don’t understand what Cruise meant with the ice cream/gay people comment, but I suppose that’s just some knowledge that I can totally live without. Speaking of Risky Business, here are all of Bronson Pinchot’s scenes from the movie:

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