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(FILES) This file photo taken on October 19, 2017 shows Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (R) perform during the inauguration concert of the U Arena hall, new stadium of the French Rugby Union club Racing 92 in Nanterre. The Rolling Stones have been rocking together for a half century but the legendary tensions between Keith Richards and Mick Jagger look to be very much alive. Richards apologized on February 28, 2018 to his bandmate after the guitarist suggested that the fecund frontman needed a vasectomy. / AFP / PATRICK KOVARIK Image Credit: AFP

Keith Richards says he regrets saying Mick Jagger needed a vasectomy after recently having his eighth child.

In a story posted Wednesday morning, WSJ magazine reported that Richards said “it’s time for the snip — you can’t be a father at that age. Those poor kids!”

The 74-year-old Jagger welcomed his eighth child in December 2016.

But Richards says, “I deeply regret the comments I made about Mick” in a statement released Wednesday afternoon. He says his words “were completely out of line” and that he apologised to the Rolling Stone frontman in person.

Richards famously wrote about his issues with Jagger in his 2010 memoir, Life.