Sutherland regrets head-butting incident

A smiling Kiefer Sutherland traded quips with Jimmy Fallon in his appearance on “Late Night” on Thursday, but there was one subject that the “24” star turned serious on.

“We can joke about it but it’s something that I really regret having happened,” Sutherland said regarding his alleged head-butt of designer Jack McCollough in a late-night altercation two weeks ago. “And until it’s kind of resolved, I really can’t talk about it.”

“Do you think that you’re (‘24’ character) Jack Bauer?” Fallon asked him.

“Absolutely not, I learned that really clearly on the first season,” he said.

On a more humorous note, Sutherland revealed that “24” has been stockpiling the show’s funniest moments for a future release.

“We’ve actually saved bloopers for about 7 years. I think we’re going to save (them) for the very final year,” he said. “The show is so serious — when something does go wrong it’s unbelievably funny. There was one time I was being very macho and kicked the door open and I’m standing doing my scene and the door came off the hinges and knocked me out.”

As for the future of Jack Bauer, who finished season seven in a coma, Sutherland said season eight won’t jump too far ahead.

“All of our seasons have normally had a year or two years in between these horrific days,” he said. “The separation between season seven and season eight is actually very small. So that’s going to be part of the process at the beginning of next season.”

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