In-fighting at Warner Bros. has the studio officially apologizing to its WB counterparts in Japan, who are outraged about what they see as an insensitive Barbenheimer meme on the U.S. 'Barbie' Twitter account.
It wrote,"We consider it extremely regrettable that the official account of the American headquarters for the movie ‘Barbie’ reacted to the social media postings of ‘Barbenheimer’ fans. We take this situation very seriously. We are asking the U.S.
headquarters to take appropriate action. We apologize to those who were offended by this series of inconsiderate reactions. Warner Bros Japan."So, in response to that public call-out, Warner issued its mea culpa --"Warner Brothers regrets its recent insensitive social media engagement. The studio offers a sincere apology."
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