April 29: The New York Times reported that Hayward, apparently exasperated, turned to fellow executives in his London office and asked, 'What the hell did we do to deserve this?'
May 14: Hayward attempted to persuade The Guardian newspaper that 'the Gulf of Mexico is a very big ocean. The amount of volume of oil and dispersant we are putting into it is tiny in relation to the total water volume'. Days later, he told Sky News that 'the environmental impact of this disaster is likely to be very, very modest'.
May 30: Hayward played the sympathy card. He told the Today show that 'there’s no one who wants this over more than I do. I would like my life back'.
May 31: He said that ecosystem-threatening underwater oil plumes did not exist. 'There aren't any plumes,' Hayward claimed.
June 1: Hayward responded to claims that cleanup workers were being sickened by the fumes from the oil they were exposed to by suggesting another possible, non-oil-spill cause. When nine workers fell ill he told CNN that 'food poisoning is clearly a big issue'.
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