George Lazenby, a James Bond actor, apologizes for the "disgusting" interview.
George Lazenby, a former James Bond actor, has apologized after being accused of making "creepy" and "disgusting" remarks during a stage interview.
The actor was in Australia as part of a tour titled "The Music of James Bond" to promote his role as 007 in the 1969 film "On Her Majesty's Secret Service."
Some members of the Perth audience were offended by the speaker's allegedly "homophobic" remarks and sexually vivid anecdotes.
After hearing that his stories had offended some of his readers, Lazenby expressed his regret.
'It was never my aim to make offensive or homophobic statements and I am very sorry if my experiences that I have shared many times were perceived that way,' he said in an apology.
The Australian actor, aged 83, has been taken off the tour permanently.
Producer Concert works expressed "great sadness and disappointment" over Lazenby's "language, statements, and recollections" during his Saturday performance in Perth.
Concert works attorney, Aaron Kernaghan, stated, "These were his personal opinions, and there is no explanation for this in today's culture.
An apology was made to the concertgoers, the performers, and the Perth Concert Hall; the company has been in touch with anyone who complained.
Meanwhile, it has "decided to cease its engagement with Mr. Lazenby" and begun "a complete review of the matter," as Mr. Kernaghan elaborated.
One listener claimed that during Lazenby's interview on Saturday, he "spoke about basically his sexual conquests."
She reported to Perth radio station 6PR, "He was homophobic, he swore, and he certainly wasn't talking about his Bond movies." She continued, "He minimised the Queen a day after her death."
.At one point, he referenced an Australian player whose daughter he was stalking and stated he got her out of a pub and put her in a car in London, which is horrific.
Not only was it not endearing, but it also failed to make us laugh. It was repulsive and insulting, in a word. There's no sugarcoating it; he was just horrible.
In the words of another listener, the interview focused on "self-interested misogynistic yarns of George Lazenby's sexual prowess, intimate details of diarrhoea, and objectification of women."
They told The West Australian newspaper, "The tension was released when a brave member of the public said, 'Excuse me, this is offensive.'" The crowd booed George off the stage, and the music saved the day.
During the performance, at least one audience member "pointed out the offence that Lazenby was causing," according to concertgoer Joseph McCormack's tweets.
A second listener to 6PR's broadcast defended the actor, arguing that the "exaggeration" of his tales was done on purpose for comic effect.
Neither was there any rape or kidnapping on his part? The general public was suddenly wide awake. Once the audience started shouting and booing, the act lost some of its charms.
Despite repeated attempts, the BBC has been unable to confirm Lazenby's claims independently.
WASO also distanced themselves from the actor over the weekend.
"His recollections were personal beliefs that may have mirrored a time when such behaviour was accepted, but has never been acceptable," the orchestra noted.
His views do not represent those of modern society, which are vastly different from his own. The Western Australian Symphony Orchestra and the Perth Concert Hall do not agree with or support his opinions.
David Templeman, Australia's minister for the arts, said, "I hear that the audience made their views apparent about the content and good on them." "
After replacing Sean Connery as James Bond in 1969, Lazenby shot to celebrity.
A one-film wonder who claims he turned down $1 million to reprise his role as a model has never acted before.
Bond is a brute... I've already forgotten about him. I have decided not to face him ever again. Peace, he said, was the message at the time.
