Jonathan Rhys Meyers apologizes for being drunk in public

TORONTO — Jonathan Rhys Meyers apologized Tuesday after photos were published showing the actor disheveled and drunk on a London street.

“I apologize for having a minor relapse and hope that people don’t think too badly of me,” reads a message on the Instagram page of his fiancée Mara Lane.

“I stopped drinking immediately … I am on the mend and thank well wishers.”

The 37-year-old star of The Tudors and Mission:Impossible III explained he was returning from a friend’s home and had not changed his clothes.

“I feel I made a mistake and feel quite embarrassed but this was just a blip in my recovery otherwise,” he wrote. “I’m living a healthy life.”

Meyers was snapped in mid-May looking puffy-eyed and disoriented while drinking vodka from the bottle. He had stains on his T-shirt and the fly of his jeans was open.

The actor has been in-and-out of rehab since rising to fame in movies like 1998’s Velvet Goldmine and 2002’s Bend it Like Beckham. In 2010, he was accused of being drunk and belligerent at JFK airport in New York.

Meyers has worked in Canada in recent years, including roles in 2013’s Toronto-shot The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones and the forthcoming Stonewall, which was made in Montreal last summer.