His spokesman said: "Anyone reading the full quote will see Ken's comments were clearly made in a spirit of humour during a light-hearted interview".
In July, a spokesman for Mr. Sarkozy, Franck Louvrier, even threatened legal action against the radio station RTL after it aired a light-hearted interview with a plumber about fitting the presidential jet with a bathtub, according to a report by the weekly newspaper Canard Enchaîné.
As the former world No1 reminded us between chuckles and some so-so jokes in a light-hearted interview in the genteel surroundings of the Kooyong club about 20 minutes drive from the scene of the season's first major, the perception of their fledgling relationship is probably skewed by their respective images.
When asked in the past if he could one day see himself taking up a role with the governing body, a light-hearted interview shuddered to a halt with a thin-lipped, "No".
It was a light hearted moment.
I never knew a light hearted joke would cause so much offence".
In a second light-hearted interview, Mr Blair challenged Moyles to play Bruce Springsteen on his show, saying it would double his audience.
"There are moments, sure, when you think is there a God, where is God?" In the mostly light-hearted interview, the Archbishop later conceded later his views as the leader of the Church of England are "probably not what the Archbishop of Canterbury should say".
In an appearance on US chat show The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Chalamet interrupted his otherwise light-hearted interview to talk about what the film wants to achieve.
"This is the main reason I ran for re-election," he joked in the light-hearted interview taped at the White House.
In a light-hearted but personal interview in front of hundreds of people in Bristol cathedral last weekend, Justin Welby said: "There are moments, sure, where you think 'Is there a God?
