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"Jason Bateman has issued a mea culpa in the Great iPhone 4 Riot of 2010.\r\nLast week, the actor ticked off a mob of 2000 by cutting in line with an Apple store employee to snag an iPhone 4.  Via Twitter, Bateman initially claimed he was simply avoiding paparazzi and didn&amp;apos;t notice any ruckus. (The incident was even a &amp;quot;Hot Topic&amp;quot; on Monday&amp;apos;s The View.)\r\nBut late Tuesday -- after more eyewitnesses confirmed what really happened to UsMagazine.com -- Bateman changed his tune.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Correction- If there were boos, I didn&amp;apos;t hear them,&amp;quot; the star, 41, Tweeted. &amp;quot;If some were mad, I didn&amp;apos;t see them. I wish I had. If you&amp;apos;re out there, I&amp;apos;m sorry.&amp;quot;\r\nCustomer Angela Mayhew (who had queued up at 3:30 a.m. for the coveted device) told Us of the brouhaha: &amp;quot;It was so much drama! It was the most surreal experience. People were so pissed because that line was ridiculous.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nTechBurrito blogger Alan Natale stood next to Bateman in line, and confirmed that people &amp;quot;were groaning, making comments in MY earshot of his not having to wait in line and some boos.&amp;quot;\r\nPHOTOS: Today&amp;apos;s hottest celebrity snapshotsOf Bateman&amp;apos;s paparazzi claims, he added: &amp;quot;I only counted ONE (1) Paparazzo and one other person who took a picture of him - both from across the street from a distance of at least 40 feet- so no one bothered him.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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