Hollywood dingbat realizes she should have kept her mouth shut...

When Maggie Gyllenenhen...Gillinaheyn...Gilligynahen...Maggie the actress said in an interview last April that America was "responsible in some way" for 9/11, she apparently didn't understand either the stupidity and inappropriateness of her comments.

But she figured out how unpopular it made her pretty damn quick.

She later issued a statement through her publicist saying that Sept. 11 was "an occasion to be brave enough to ask some serious questions about America's role in the world."

"I was so surprised by the way it was misunderstood, and the disdain that came back at me was a real shock," Gyllenhaal told the Daily News for an interview published Sunday. "I regret what I said, but I think my intentions were good."

So it's OK, you see. Her intentions were good. Isn't that just like a clueless Liberal.

And umm, exactly HOW was she misunderstood? It seemed pretty plain to me. The United States being "responsible in some way" for the attack says pretty clearly we made them do it and that - even in the smallest way - the attack was somehow justified.

She doesn't really get it, of course. She just wants to make sure some of her audience doesn't penalize her by avoiding her movies.

Of course, Maggie did make one observation that hits the mark:

Gyllenhaal told the newspaper that the backlash taught her "that neither the red carpet nor an interview about a movie is the right place to talk about my politics.

Bingo, sweetheart! Now kindly go back and recite some words that other people wrote for you. We just want you to perform and entertain us, we could give a crap about your opinions. Because - as Dirty Harry says - opinions are like a-holes, everybody's got one. And yours is no more important than anyone else's.

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