Michelle Rodriguez apologizes for Paul Walker death remark

LOS ANGELES, April 8 (UPI) -- Michelle Rodriguez is backpedaling on her recent remarks about Paul Walker's death.

The 37-year-old actress said her comment that she felt more "jealousy" than "sadness" after Walker died in 2013 was taken out of context in the new documentary The Reality of Truth.

"That's the people from the documentary using things out of context," Rodriguez said in a video obtained by TMZ. "I had a deep moment and I said something that was personal and it was exploited."

"I apologize about that," the star added in response to backlash. "If I knew that it was being promoted that way, I would never have been involved."

The Reality of Truth explores the connection between spirituality and psychedelics. Rodriguez discussed her experience with ayahuasca for the film, revealing she was willing to try anything after Walker died at age 40 in a high speed car crash.

"I went through about a year of just being, like, an animal," the actress recalled. "Like, what could I do physically to just get my mind off of existentialism? Get my mind off of how transient life is and how we just come here and can disappear at any moment?"

"I did everything I could possibly do to hide from myself," she confessed. "I'll tell you that my ayahuasca trip made me sad that he left me here. It wasn't a sadness that he's gone, it's more like a jealousy that he's there first."

Rodriguez and Walker co-starred in five Fast and the Furious movies, including Furious 7, which was released after the actor's death. The actress will reprise Letty Ortiz in the sequel Fast 8, which will star Charlize Theron as a new villain.