Following various gaffes – and the unimaginative advice of their publicists – celebrities have been apologizing in public for years. We're a forgiving people. Today we feature some of the more (and less) heartfelt ways people said they were sorry.
Today on the Veg: public apologies.
Last week, Simon Cowell apologized for making light of the Virginia Tech situation. Fox used all sorts of technology to back him up.
Imus in full damage control mode.
An absolute classic you've probably already seen. This clip shows Shepard Smith's indiscretion AND his apology immediately after. On his feet, Shep thinks.
A very sedate Michael Richards on Letterman, with Jerry Seinfeld looking uncomfortable to Dave's right.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom apologizes for driving drunk.
Oh, wait, Obama did not go to a radical Muslim school. Sorry. ("We're just bein' fair.")
Geico apologizes to cavemen.
JetBlue CEO David Neeleman asks for your forgiveness, business and trust. (If you're going to skip one, this is the one to skip.)
Imus apologizes. Again.
Rosie apologizes to China.
Borat apologizes for a projector screw-up at an attempted screening.
Here's Clinton. Not the real apology (couldn't find that clip), but the defiant refusal to apologize. Text of the real apology can be found here.
And here's Ronald Reagan. Never saying he was sorry, but coming close enough.
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There is a terrific Apology video by Colin Mochrie, from CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes. Just search "22 Minutes Apology to America"
Sure, its just a comedy sketch but it's hilarious.
There was a great "Rosie" moment on her show when she was supposed to be interviewing Tom Selleck about a movie or something. Instead, she railed against him for being in a magazine ad for the NRA (about a youth gun safety course, I guess). Selleck handled it as well as he could and didn't take the bait. Anyway, she tried to recover by the end of the segment and apologized to Selleck for the outburst, but she looked like a total ass. Then again, she usually looks like a total ass anyway.