( CNN ) -- HBO and the `` Game of Thrones '' producers have apologized for comments made on the season one DVD about a prosthetic head that looks suspiciously like our nation 's 43rd President . In the commentary , show creators David Benioff and D.B . Weiss admit that George W. Bush 's likeness appears in a scene in which King Joffrey shows Sansa Stark her dead dad 's head on a stick . ( Check it out on io9.com ) . The alleged Dubya noggin is the last one on the left â€ ” and he 's sporting some pretty bad hair . `` It 's not a choice , not a political statement ! '' one of the writers say during the commentary . `` We just had to use what heads we had around . '' Once news of the Bush head hit the internet , HBO released this statement : `` We were deeply dismayed to see this and find it unacceptable , disrespectful and in very bad taste . We made this clear to the executive producers of the series who apologized immediately for this inadvertent careless mistake . We are sorry this happened and will have it removed from any future DVD production . '' The producing duo released their own , too : `` We use a lot of prosthetic body parts on the show : heads , arms , etc . We ca n't afford to have these all made from scratch , especially in scenes where we need a lot of them , so we rent them in bulk . After the scene was already shot , someone pointed out that one of the heads looked like George W. Bush . In the DVD commentary , we mentioned this , though we should not have . We meant no disrespect to the former President and apologize if anything we said or did suggested otherwise . '' On the DVD , one of the writers claims that the Bush head appears in a `` couple of beheading scenes . '' See full story at EW.com . CLICK HERE to Try 2 RISK FREE issues of Entertainment Weekly . © 2011 Entertainment Weekly and Time Inc. All rights reserved .
` ` Game of Thrones '' creators admit that George W Bush 's likeness appears in a scene . HBO statement : ` ` We were deeply dismayed to see this and find it unacceptable '' Company says it will be removed from future episodes .