Moby Apologises To Natalie Portman Over 'Inconsiderate' Relationship Claims

Moby has issued an apology to Natalie Portman after the US actress denied claims in his forthcoming autobiography, Then It Fell Apart, that the two briefly dated. 

Portman responded to the producer's claims last week saying "I was surprised to hear that he characterised the very short time that I knew him as dating because my recollection is a much older man being creepy with me when I just had graduated high school.

“He said I was 20; I definitely wasn’t. I was a teenager. I had just turned 18. There was no fact checking from him or his publisher – it almost feels deliberate. That he used this story to sell his book was very disturbing to me. It wasn’t the case. There are many factual errors and inventions. I would have liked him or his publisher to reach out to fact check.”

Though he responded by insisting they did have a romantic relationship in the late-1990s/early-2000s, Moby has now apologised to Portman in a statement posted on Instagram.

"As some time has passed I've realised that many of the criticisms leveled at me regarding my inclusion of Natalie in Then It Fell Apart are very valid.

"I also fully recognise that it was truly inconsiderate of me to not let her know about her inclusion in the book beforehand, and equally inconsiderate for me to not fully respect her reaction.

"I have a lot of admiration for Natalie, for her intelligence, creativity, and animal rights activism, and I hate that I might have caused her and her family distress."

Read the full statement below.

Then It Fell Apart is due for release later this year. 

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