"I'm sorry", I said, "I'm being clumsy". Why the Present Continuous?

[Nonverbis]

A Grammar of Present-day English. Practice book by I.P. Krylova

The task is to explain the use of the Present Continuous.

"I'm sorry", I said, "I'm being clumsy".

I'm in two minds about this.
1. Action going on at the present moment. I mean that right now I'm hehaving clumsily.
2. Actions generally characterizing the person (emotionally coloured).

Could you help me here?

 

[5jj]

His state of clumsiness is of limited duration.

 

[jutfrank]

I can't see how you can explain this very usefully without knowing the context.

 

[Nonverbis]

I can't see how you can explain this very usefully without knowing the context.

It is an exercise on grammar. The whole task is in front of you.

 

[teechar]

It's #1. If the intended meaning was #2, then he would say "I am clumsy".