This afternoon The Dark Knight Rises star Christian Bale visited a hospital in Auroroa, Colorado to console and cheer recovering victims of last Thursday night’s shooting attack. Nice gesture. Curiously, a Warner Bros. spokesperson reportedly told TMZ that Bale “is there as himself, not representing Warner Brothers.”

Christian Bale visiting shooing victim Carey Rottman earlier this afternoon in Aurora, Colorado.

Warner Bros. Publicist #1: “You guys see this? About Christian?”

Warner Bros. Publicist #2: “What?”

Warner Bros. Publicist #1: “He’s in a hospital in Aurora. Visiting the gunshot victims.”

Warner Bros. Publicist #3: “No! Right now?”

Warner Bros. Publicist #1 : “Yes, really.” (Holds up laptop) “Look.”

Warner Bros. Publicist #2: “Wow, that’s so cool! Such a good guy.”

Warner Bros. Publicist #1: “So what do we say when somebody calls?”

Warner Bros. Publicist #3: “Tell them we had nothing to do with it.”

Warner Bros. Publicist #1: “What?”

Warner Bros. Publicist #3: “Warner Bros, is giving the victims a substantial sum to help alleviate their suffering. That’s our end of it. Christian is in Colorado on his own, representing himself. We need to make that clear.”

Warner Bros. Publicist #1: “I just…well…okay”

Warner Bros. Publicist #3: “You don’t agree?”

Warner Bros. Publicist #2: “I think we should give him a little support, y’know? Show a little heart. Tell people how much we admire him for doing this.”

Warner Bros. Publicist #3: “And what, God forbid, if he says something about the NRA while there? What if…you know, he gets into an argument or an altercation of some kind? It’s happened before.”

Warner Bros. Publicist #1: “What could happen?”

Warner Bros. Publicist #1: “Come on…he’s a sweetheart!”

Warner Bros. Publicist #3: “He’s an actor. An adult, a professional and a parent, yes, but an actor all the same. He’s not corporate. He’s there on his own. That’s what we have to say. Why take chances?”