Tom Hardy Apologises For Jonathan Ross Gag

Tom Hardy has spoken out on claims he was left to feel like an “idiot” after Jonathan Ross showed humiliating footage of the ‘Batman’ star.

Hardy said he found it “embarrassing” but “funny as hell” when Ross screened footage of him winning a modelling contest on Channel 4's Big Breakfast Show in 1998 - despite reports he was genuinely upset by the incident.

The ‘Inception’ actor revealed he was only pretending to look annoyed to rile the TV host up and put him in an awkward position. "I heard that someone thinks I was really genuinely upset with Jonathan Ross. Not at all,” he told The Sun.

"It was funny as hell and embarrassing yes, but I was in on the gag and winding Jonathan up to put him in an awkward seat for a laugh.

"Me and Jonny were messing around. I'm sorry if people got the wrong impression and feel that I was an a**hole."

His comments came after an audience member told the newspaper that the actor was so angry with Ross over the footage that he refused to talk about his role in the new ‘Batman’ film.

"Tom really wasn't happy about the footage being shown and said he looked like a total idiot. "After that moment, the interview was a squirm-fest.

"When he walked off, Jonathan turned to the audience and said, 'He is genuinely p***ed off with me.'"

Ross later took to Twitter to clear up the incident saying the actor was just winding him up for entertainment.

“He acted p****d off to turn the tables on me. He is a good actor so very convincing. He got me good. (sic),” he wrote.

Let's face it - you don't really want to mess with Tom Hardy, do you?