Overview
- Cameron’s comments were published in a New York Times interview conducted as he promotes Avatar: Fire and Ash.
- Poehler delivered the joke during Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty nomination, saying, “When it comes to torture, I trust the lady who spent three years married to James Cameron.”
- Coverage notes the room’s audible reaction at the time, including cameras capturing Jessica Chastain’s shocked expression.
- Cameron, who was married to Bigelow from 1989 to 1991, says he worried the quip and surrounding narratives undercut her credibility, though he was the first to applaud her 2010 Best Director Oscar.
- Outlets report Poehler has not responded, and they are pairing Cameron’s remarks with his recent dispute over receiving screenwriting credit for Point Break.