Jane Campion has issued an apology to Venus and Serena.......

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Jane Campion has issued an apology to Venus and Serena Williams, after facing backlash over a “thoughtless” comment she made at the Critics Choice Awards on Sunday.

“I made a thoughtless comment equating what I do in the film world with all that Serena Williams and Venus Williams have achieved,” she said in a statement, per Deadline. “I did not intend to devalue these two legendary Black women and world-class athletes.”

During the show, Campion won the award for Best Director, and saluted the Williams sisters before saying that they “don’t play against the guys, like I have to.”