Apparently he forgot that he actually had caved into the hackers and pulled the movie slighting the North Korean leader Kim Jong and did exactly what it was told.
In his first public comments on the massive cyberattack, which the U.S. government has blamed on North Korea, Hirai said current and former employees of the studio were "the victims of one of the most vicious and malicious cyberattacks we have known in recent history."

"Freedom of speech and freedom of expression are... lifelines of Sony and our entertainment business," Hirai said with a straight face during a presentation at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

He also thanked those who had seen the movie, which on the face of it was pretty rubbish and not worth hacking anything for, but since most of the people who saw it would have got it from Pirate Bay we were surprised.

Hirai initially cancelled the release of "The Interview" after hackers threatened theatres. This move was slammed by President Barack Obama and Hollywood celebrities. It turned out to be a turkey anyway and has yet to recoup the up to $88 million it spent on marketing and production.

At CES, Sony showcased a new line-up of high definition TVs and said it would start selling a stainless steel version of its wearable SmartWatch 3 from February. The company did not make major announcements on its Xperia smartphones, which have been lagging Apple and Samsung  in sales and are facing increasing pressure from Chinese rivals including Xiaomi.