Designer and film director Tom Ford has been in the spotlight recently due to the release of his thriller “Nocturnal Animals.” In a GQ interview about the film, Ford opened up about his fixation with death and his son’s light-up dinosaur shoes (“only for weekends”).

He also clarified a shock statement he made to another GQ writer several years ago, something he admitted he said while drunk to “take the piss out of” the writer: “all men should be penetrated, at least once.”

But after asking if he stood by the statement, GQ published Ford’s follow-up response:

He didn’t mean it, he says. Okay, he did mean it, he says, but he shouldn’t have said it. But Tom Ford is still in there, so he can’t stop himself. So he says this next thing, and it doesn’t come off as lascivious, the way it might have years ago, but thoughtful and aware: Yes, he says, all men should be penetrated at some point. And not as in emotions. He means: All men should be f**ked. “I think it would help them understand women,” he argues. “It’s such a vulnerable position to be in, and it’s such a passive position to be in. And there’s such an invasion, in a way, that even if it’s consensual, it’s just very personal. And I think there’s a psyche that happens because of it that makes you understand and appreciate what women go through their whole life, because it’s not just sexual, it’s a complete setup of the way the world works, that one sex has the ability to literally—and is expected to and is wanted to—but also there’s an invasion. And I think that that’s something most men do not understand at all.”

And while he did get some positive feedback:

I must agree with Tom Ford completely?I think many women immediately understand why?⚡️? — Jenny Hague (@jennyatlast) December 6, 2016

The majority seemed to disagree:

https://twitter.com/RafaelCasal/status/807213100638334976

Ummm…I am a woman and I don't want my man to be penetrated. ?

I understand where Tom Ford was going with this but, no dice. — Reza Ada (@ResaAda22) December 8, 2016

https://twitter.com/MohammmedIdris/status/806597171340595200

Dear Tom Ford, I'm frequently penetrated but I (a) am not passive and (b) do not know what it's like to be a woman. https://t.co/ddGjITAhml — Senthorun Raj (@senthorun) December 8, 2016

Ford recently made headlines when he joined several other designers in stating that he would not be dressing Melania Trump. Ford’s reasoning, he explained on “The View,” was that he didn’t believe she fit his “image”:

“I was asked to dress [Melania Trump] quite a few years ago and I declined. She’s not necessarily my image. The first lady — other than the fact that I’m a Democrat and voted for Hillary [Clinton] and am very sad and disappointed that she’s not in office — even had Hillary won, she shouldn’t be wearing my clothes. They’re too expensive. And I don’t mean that in a bad way. They’re not artificially expensive. It’s how much it costs to make these things. But I think to relate to everybody, you shouldn’t necessarily [wear such expensive clothes].”

Ford noted that he did dress Michelle Obama — and felt honored to do so — but that was only one time, and it was for a dinner the Obamas attended at Buckingham Palace.