Christian Slater calls interviewer a "salacious cunt" for asking about assault conviction

Hines initially asked Slater if he had any regrets about his “wilder years,” given the play’s commentary on power and toxic masculinity, which prompted Slater to say, “I regret nothing.” He recognizes that “nobody gets through unscathed” when they grow up in show business, so everyone got to see his “highs and lows and ups and downs.” He also said that he’s happy that “women’s voices are being taken seriously and this age of secrecy and abuse of power era has come to an end.”

Hoping for some more introspection from Slater about how his own past relates to what’s happening in the entertainment industry now, Hines asked Slater if he really had no regrets about going to jail for beating his girlfriend. In a “flash of anger,” Slater said, “what a salacious cunt this guy is” and a representative stepped in to take Slater to his next appointment. Slater later apologized, adding, “the question of regret is hard for me to reckon with,” but he didn’t expand on it at all.