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Jenna sorry as star says don’t ‘Fence’ me in!

- BY PETER SBLENDORIO and LEONARD GREENE

NOW, THEY’RE mending fences.

A day after their mistaken movie mashups at the Golden Globes, actor Michael Keaton and correspond­ent Jenna Bush Hager issued apologies for their “Hidden Fences” flubs.

Keaton took the sarcastic approach, feigning his immense regret to a TMZ cameraman.

“Let’s make this official: I’m sorry. I apologize. I screwed it up,” Keaton said. “Are they making a big deal? Wow?”

But Hager (photo), the daughter of former President George W. Bush and an NBC correspond­ent, got emotional after mistakenly combining the titles of two films, “Fences,” and “Hidden Figures,” which each had largely black casts.

“I have seen both movies, I thought they were both brilliant,” Hager told the “Today” show on Monday. “And if I offended people, I am deeply sorry. It was a mistake because as you all know, I am not perfect. I am authentic, but a human, and what I didn’t want to do was make anybody feel lesser than who they are.”

Hager’s gaffe came while she was interviewi­ng singer and producer Pharrell Williams, who was nominated for composing the score for “Hidden Figures.” But Pharrell came to her defense. “Don’t worry @JennaBushH­ager! Everyone makes mistakes,” Pharrell tweeted Monday. “Hidden Fences does sound like an intriguing movie though. Just saying... ”

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