James Cameron Criticizes Amy Poehler’s Golden Globes Joke About His Marriage to Kathryn Bigelow Being Torture: ‘An Ignorant Dig’ That ‘Went Too Far’

James Cameron was the butt of one of Amy Poehler’s most ruthless Golden Globes jokes, one he’s now calling an “ignorant dig” at his expense. Speaking in a recent interview with The New York Times, the “Titanic” Oscar winner said Poehler took things “too far” when she poked fun at his marriage to Bigelow.

Poehler’s joke was made at the 2013 Golden Globes, where Kathryn Bigelow was a best director nominee thanks to “Zero Dark Thirty.” During her opening monologue with co-host Tina Fey, Poehler nodded to the controversy around the film’s depiction of torture by quipping: “When it comes to torture, I trust the lady who spent three years married to James Cameron.” The audience was visibly shocked by the joke, with Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty” star Jessica Chastain jaw-dropped.

“Amy Poehler’s remark was an ignorant dig, at an event which is supposed to…