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Braff told the magazine that he was beyond impressed by Pugh's fearlessness and self-assuredness, remarking, \"She literally sat down, hit record on her phone and said that.\"

However, when the Emmy nominee tried to think up his own response to the controversy, he realized Pugh's original commentary covered everything that needed to be addressed.

\"I thought: how could I possibly follow anything as intelligent and articulate as that? So, I chose not to,\" Braff admitted.

Braff and Pugh are currently hunkering down in London now that the U.K. is enforcing another lockdown to stop the spread of COVID-19.

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