Update (December 8, 2017, 5:45 p.m.): Weeks after publicly questioning whether Hollywood has a double standard when it comes to allegations of sexual misconduct—and citing, as examples, The Birth of a Nation director Nate Parker, whose career was destroyed when an accusation from his past came to light last fall, and but Casey Affleck, who won a best actor Oscar even after facing his own sexual harassment allegations—Call Me By Your Name star Armie Hammer has issued a formal apology to Affleck. His full statement, which was shared with Vanity Fair, is printed below.

“I would like to sincerely apologize to Casey and his family for my recent comments about him in my T.H.R. interview,” Hammer said in his statement. “Without knowing the facts about the civil lawsuits at issue (which I now understand were settled), I misspoke. I conflated sexual harassment cases with a criminal case involving sexual assault charges. The cases in which Casey was involved were not criminal and instead involved civil claims from his 2010 movie I’m Still Here.

“While intending to make a social comment about double standards in general, I mistakenly compared reports of prior, public civil allegations that never proceeded to trial with a criminal case that was fully tried. I understand now that this was a poor comparison, which I deeply regret making. I also didn't mean to insinuate, nor do I believe, that Casey or anyone from his camp had anything to do with leaked information that took place during the press for Birth of a Nation.

“I respect Casey’s work, and I’ve learned a valuable lesson about the need to be more accurate with disseminating information, especially in this age of instantaneous, unchecked communication. While attempting to be part of the solution, I unintentionally made myself part of the problem, for which I am truly sorry.”

The original story continues below.

Armie Hammer has officially joined the grand tradition of actors making spicy remarks on the awards-season press circuit. The Call Me by Your Name star is on the cover of The Hollywood Reporter this week, talking about everything from his luxe upbringing to his film flops . . . including last year’s beleaguered Birth of a Nation. That dramatic Oscar hopeful tanked when reports surfaced that director Nate Parker had been charged and acquitted of rape when he was a student at Penn State. It was later revealed that the accuser killed herself years after the trial, in 2012. The revelation, and Parker’s subsequent interviews, tainted not only the film’s reception, but also the actor-director’s entire career. But, Hammer, who starred in The Birth of a Nation, doesn’t quite understand why Parker is now in “directors’ jail,” while other men who have been accused of sexual misconduct—including Casey Affleck—have continued to thrive.

“Nate had the stuff in his past, which is heinous and tough to get beyond. I get that,” Hammer said. “But that was when he was 18, and now he’s in directors’ jail. At the same time, the guy who went and won an Academy Award has three cases of sexual assault against him.”

Hammer was referring to Affleck, who won the best-actor Oscar this year for his role in Manchester by the Sea. While his awards- season campaign was ramping up, it was reported that he had been accused of sexual harassment by two women (not assault, and not three, as Hammer says). The suits were settled in 2010. The accusations weren’t enough to dampen Affleck’s winning streak, though he didn’t get away from awards season completely unscathed.

Still, his win disturbs Hammer. He elaborated on the topic further, comparing Parker’s treatment to that of Affleck: “His entire life is affected in the worst possible way. And the other guy won the highest award you can get as an actor. It just doesn’t make sense.”