The Apprentice” director Ali Abbasi has apologized over allegations of groping of an A-list actor around the Golden Globes earlier this year.

The Apprentice director issued an apology a day after reports alleging that he groped a star at a Golden Globes afterparty.

The Apprentice director Ali Abbasi has admitted his “over-familiar gesture” was a “mistake” after he was accused of “groping” a famous actor.

Abbasi, 44, was reported to have ‘groped’ a mystery A-Lister at a Golden Globes after-party last month — and while he has described the gesture, which he called ‘a slap on the rear’, as ‘over-familiar’ and misjudged, he insisted he had said sorry immediately when he realised it had backfired.

The Apprentice director Ali Abbasi is clearing the air amid reports that he groped an unnamed A-list actor at a January event. "I want to address the recent articles about me directly and openly," Abbasi began,