Jeremy Renner Still Thinks Black Widow is a "Slut"

Jeremy Renner defends his comments about Black Widow on Conan.

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Jeremy Renner kind of looks like a guy who hasn't seen the Internet before. On Conan last night, the Avengers actor talked about the time he called Black Widow a "slut" with co-star Chris Evans during a press tour, and how the "off-colored" joke made him the center of some unwanted attention on the Internet:

"Yeah, it was a joke. Off-colored, whatever," he told Conan. "I’m unapologetic about a lot of things, but I got into a lot of Internet trouble. Because that’s a thing now, you can get in."

Ah, yes, the Internet—it's a thing now. The Conan moment comes after Renner and Evans issued apologies for their joke, although you can tell Renner's was pretty insincere.

On Conan, the star reiterated his sentiment that the joke wasn't meant to be offensive because it's about a fictional character. He added, "Mind you, I was talking about a fictional character and fictional behavior. But, Conan, if you slept with four of the six Avengers, no matter how much fun you had, you’d be a slut," Renner said. "I’d be a slut."

Maybe Renner just feels self-conscious about his role as Hawkeye and doesn't know how to cope. Watch the clip above. 

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