Eugenio Derbez is strolling again his harsh criticism of Selena Gomez‘s efficiency in Netflix’s new musical film, “Emilia Pérez” … issuing a proper apology to the actress.

ICYMI … the “CODA” star not too long ago appeared on the Spanish language podcast “Hablando de Cine,” the place he ripped into Selena’s try at talking Spanish within the film — calling it in “indefensible.”

Selena, who isn’t a local speaker of Spanish, responded to Eugenio’s criticism … and surprisingly supplied up an apology. She wrote on TikTok … “I perceive the place you might be coming from. I’m sorry I did the perfect I may with the time I used to be given. Doesn’t take away from how a lot work and coronary heart I put into this film.”

The actress’ humble response clearly made its manner again to Eugenio, who has since served up his personal mea culpa.

In a letter uploaded to TikTok, Eugenio referred to as his remarks on the podcast “careless” and “indefensible.”

He added … “[They] go in opposition to the whole lot I stand for. As Latinos, we must always at all times  help each other. There is not any excuse. I used to be flawed, and I deeply admire your profession and your form coronary heart.”

As Eugenio continued, he defended that “Emilia Pérez” must be celebrated and hoped his unkind phrases did not diminish the movie’s success.

Whereas Eugenio could not have been a fan of the film at first, the Jacques Audiard-directed flick is already getting fairly a little bit of awards chatter — some even for Selena.

In truth, simply final week, Selena took residence the Highlight Award on the IndieWire Honors for her work in “Emilia Pérez.”