by snarly | Oct 15, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies, Musical Apologies
Bono is shocked that he is forced by circumstances to apologize for his art. U2 did a Q&A on their Facebook page. One fan asked: “Can you please never release an album on iTunes that automatically downloads to people’s playlists ever again? It’s...
by snarly | Oct 14, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies, Media Apologies
Last night on NBC News, Brian Williams read aloud a non-apology from Nancy Snyderman, the network’s medical correspondent, who violated the terms of her quarantine after a photographer for her team in Liberia contracted ebola. According to the blog Planet...
by sumac | Aug 15, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies
George Takei posts fun stuff on Facebook daily, mostly photos with amusing captions. It’s working out – he’s got nearly seven and a half million Likes. People like his stuff who aren’t even Trekkies. You can’t please everybody all the...
by snarly | Jun 26, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies, Media Apologies, Religious Apologies
Like the Anti-Defamation League, we agree that Gary Oldman’s apology for his anti-Semitic remarks in Playboy was insufficient. The remarks in question: I don’t know about Mel [Gibson]. He got drunk and said a few things, but we’ve all said those things. We’re...
by snarly | May 7, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies, Funny-on-Purpose Apologies
Courtesy of Wil Wheaton’s tumblr, as originally posted by don’t get comfortable by way of excellent SorryWatcher Lisa Harsma: Which was followed by an apology (or “apology”) on Fox News. FOX NEWS. Andy Levy is a commentator on Red Eye with Greg...
by snarly | Apr 8, 2014 | Celebrity Apologies, Sports Apologies, True Crime Apologies
Not well. You can read a more complete version of his statement here. The main issue: Pistorius spends much more time talking about how upset he is than about how sorry he is. He uses the SorryWatch-unapproved terms “since this tragedy happened” and...