"Sorry to three or four of you who have got in touch this morning because I used the word 'retarded' during the newspaper review. You seem to take it personally or seem to say that I'm insulting all sorts of people who have all sorts of conditions. But obviously I would never want to do that or cause any sort of offence. There's this man who has got an autistic son, who said that somehow I had insulted his child. I really hope it hasn't, because I certainly wouldn't use it in that context. Sorry if that caused you offence." :''''')