Outspoken actor Rupert Everett has apologized to British servicemen for branding them �whining wimps� � insisting his comments were �flippant and irresponsible,� imdb.com reports.
The Stardust actor, whose own father was a major in the British Army, made the controversial comments in a documentary filmed for the U.K.�s Channel 4 about 19th-century soldier Sir Richard Burton.
The star compared modern day soldiers to old-fashioned recruits, insisting British fighters in Iraq and Afghanistan constantly �whine� about facing the risk of death.
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