Ace Bollywood director Priyadarshan has pleaded an apology to Shahrukh and Karan Johar for his comments on a recent television interview, where he has termed the Shiv sena-Shahrukh conflict a publicity stunt. Priyan who pleaded innocence says that he was quoted out of context. ''Since both are very much dear to me, I will never speak anything like that about SRK or Karan. I would like to openly apologize if they are hurt and also want to assure that I will be always in the part of the film fraternity in conflicts between them and politicians'', clears Priyadarshan.