I'm utterly shocked that it is Souness that came out with it, shocked to my core.
The better question is "do you think there was actually anything wrong with it".
I'm not a massive fan of Souness to put it mildly but I really hate the modern tendency to apologise when you haven't done anything wrong. If someone chooses to take offence to something you have said without meaning any offence then tell them to **** off. They are the ones with the problem. The mens game is a mans game (well, should be). Apologising when you haven't actually done anything wrong just encourages the permanently offended. They will be just fine without an apology.