Christine Elise says she’s sorry for saying Jessica Alba lied about 90210 eye contact decree

Christine Elise says she’s sorry for ‘calling Jessica Alba a liar’ and is ’embarrassed about [her] part’ in the series of stories.

‘Apologies to Jessica Alba,’ said the 55-year-old actress, who released a statement on her Instagram Thursday making clear she harbors no ill will toward Alba.

‘I have never met her but have always admired her work. I am certain she is a lovely woman,’ she said.

She cited an Us Weekly story detailing the events, saying that her profanity distorted the spirit of the quotes.

‘Anyone who knows me at all knows I swear with unapologetic abandon, so quotes read without tone of voice can be misinterpreted and seem more angry than they ever were.’

She said that she was responding to the comments Alba made.

‘That does not sound like the set I was on – and, though I was only in a handful of episodes, I wrote for the show & lived with [former boyfriend Jason Priestley] at the time so – had any such culture evolved on that set – I feel certain I would be aware of it,’ she said.  

Elise continued: ‘Some of the other cast members have gone on record – agreeing with me that they never knew of anything like that going on during the run of the show. They were more diplomatic than I was, however.’

She said in making the comments, she wanted to clear up the implication ‘the entire cast engaged in unprofessional diva behavior & that they were unwelcoming to guest stars,’ adding, ‘I think that is an inaccurate & unjust representation of a lot of people I consider to be my friends.’

The Child’s Play 2 actress added that she ‘regret jumping into this sandbox’ and was baffled that there was a controversy ‘about things that allegedly happened nearly 25 years ago,’ calling it ‘fodder for ancient history gossip.’

The Boston native, who portrayed Emily Valentine on the show from 1991 until 1994, said on the Beverly Hills 90210 Show podcast Wednesday that Alba’s claim she was told not to make eye contact with the stars a ‘f***ing lie.’

‘Is she f***ing insane? There’s no way … that whole “Don’t make eye contact” is – I’m gonna call it what it is; it’s a f***ing lie. Why is she invested in s*** talking a show from 30 years ago?’ she said, adding of Alba, ‘She’s doing great. She’s a bazillionaire with her little Honest company!’

Alba, 39, made a pair of appearances on the show in its eighth season in 1997.

The Honest Company entrepreneur said on the Hot Ones show that she was informed that if she made ‘eye contact with any one of the cast members,’ she would be ‘thrown off the set.’

‘On the set of 90210, I couldn’t even make eye contact with any of the cast members, which was really strange when you’re, like, trying to do a scene with them,’ she said. ‘It was like, “You’re not allowed to make eye contact with any one of the cast members or you’ll be thrown off the set.”‘