It’s just CYA BS.
He knew what he made.
Now he’s gotta do a mea culpa and pretend or he’ll never get invited to a party again.
It’s laughable. How on earth could he not know? He was the main character, the vigilante, killing Muslims because of their “values”. Killing judges because “they protected the rapists”. Etc.
He’s clearly just getting backlash and is deflecting.