Her “Judgment Day” finally came.
Legendary director James Cameron is still bristling over a joke Amy Poehler made while co-hosting the 2013 Golden Globes — calling it an “ignorant dig” that missed the mark at his expense.
Cameron, 71, said Poehler took things “too far” when she poked fun at his marriage to director Kathryn Bigelow during the award show she co-hosted with Tina Fey, he recently told the New York Times.
Bigelow — who was married to the “Avatar” mastermind from 1989 to 1991 — earned a Best Director nomination for 2012’s “Zero Dark Thirty” at the Golden Globes, where the “Saturday Night Live” alum made the “Titanic” filmmaker the butt of her joke.
“When it comes to torture, I trust the lady who spent three years married to James Cameron,” Poehler quipped, referring to a torture scene depicted in Bigelow’s film about the hunt for Osama bin Laden
While the joke landed with the crowd, receiving a mix of laughter and shock, Cameron didn’t find it amusing — something he kept to himself for more than a decade.
However, looking back, the “Terminator” director said he is still annoyed by the jab.
“Amy Poehler’s remark was an ignorant dig, at an event which is supposed to be a celebration of cinema and filmmakers, not a roast,” Cameron said.
“I’m pretty thick-skinned and happy to be the butt of a good-natured joke, but that went too far.”
The Canadian-born director said it was also eye-opening to see how well the joke landed with a packed auditorium of fellow industry professionals.
“The fact that people found it funny shows exactly what they think of me, even though they have no idea who I am or how I work,” he shared.
Following their divorce in the early ’90s, Bigelow and Cameron both continued to forge iconic careers in Hollywood and would eventually face off at the 2010 Oscars, when he was nominated for Best Director for “Avatar,” and Bigelow for “The Hurt Locker.”
Bigelow ultimately won, marking the first time a woman received the honor, and Cameron said he couldn’t have been prouder of his ex-wife.
“I was the first one on my feet applauding,” he recalled.
Cameron said he and Bigelow both “thought the whole meta-narrative around us was pretty funny” prior to her winning.
“I was a little concerned that it would just take away from her credibility as a filmmaker,” he said.
“It started to turn into a conversation that wasn’t about her film, and that bothered both of us.”
While the two have remained civil over the years, there have been some professional tiffs involving their work together.
Cameron developed and executive-produced Bigelow’s 1991 film “Point Break” and co-wrote the 1995 film “Strange Days” with her.
However, he blasted the Writers Guild for “flat out” stiffing on full screenwriting credit on “Point Break.”
“It was bulls–t,” he told the Hollywood Reporter in a recent interview.
Responding to his remarks, the film’s screenwriter, Peter Iliff, said Cameron added scenes as executive producer, but not enough for the Writers Guild of America to credit him.
“Jim Cameron is my hero. I am perhaps his biggest fan, and so grateful for his fabulous work on ‘Point Break,’” Iliff told People.
“There’s enough glory for everybody, and it’s great that Jim should be recognized for his work that made ‘Point Break’ the movie that it became,” he said.
“It’s funny, the film just seems to endure as the years go by, but he’s the king, and I can’t wait to see his new movie. We’ve all loved everything he has ever done.”
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