People Are Sharing The Worst Examples Of Celebs Apologizing For Being Problematic, And Yeah, These Are...Wow
This week, Twitter user @itszaeok asked his followers, "What is the worst celebrity apology you've ever seen?" People came through with some pretty bad examples of celebrities' apologies after they were canceled, called out for being problematic, or accused of something.
what is the worst celebrity apology you've ever seen?
Here's what they said:
1.When Doja Cat was called out for her resurfaced problematic, anti-gay language and said this for an apology:
@itszaeok this was wild
Like, what in the hell is this?
2.When Gina Rodriguez gave the ultimate non-apology apology after she was called out for singing the N-word on her Instagram story:
This shit right here https://t.co/ONjmcMTuBI
“Hey, what’s up everybody? I just wanted to reach out and apologize. I am sorry. I am sorry if I offended anyone by singing along to The Fugees — to a song I love — that I grew up on," she said. "I love Lauryn Hill, and I really am sorry if I offended you," she said plainly.
3.When Tyler Joseph of Twenty One Pilots was called out for not using his platform during Black Lives Matter protests and the 2020 election, and then apologized like this:
@itszaeok during the year blm and an election 😭
He then re-re-apologized with this tweet:
im truly sorry if it hurt anyone.here is a link with a lot of great info that i stand by.https://t.co/ItppMmW1u8
4.When ex-Papa John's CEO John Schnatter said he had been "working for 20 months" to get the N-word out of his vocabulary after his racist conference call was leaked:
@itszaeok Papa John’s saying he’s in therapy to learn how to stop saying the N word
5.When Johnny Depp and Amber Heard gave this awkward apology for not declaring their dogs when entering Australia, which has strict biosecurity laws:
@itszaeok https://t.co/ij7TEi8aMnJohnny and Amber's. Before these two were a huge headline I laughed my ass off at this apology video when it came out. It's the most awkward thing I've ever seen 😭
6.When Mario Batali attached a recipe to his apology after he was accused of sexual misconduct:
@itszaeok When that celebrity chef attached a recipe to his SA "apology"
7.When Akwafina was called out for her “Blaccent” and first addressed the controversy by rambling during an interview with Reuters Showbiz:
@itszaeok Akwafina
She also quit Twitter — where she addressed the controversy — after she was continually called out for using a Blaccent in her roles.
8.When Mark Wahlberg said he had turned his life around after 45 days in prison, after he was twice-charged for racially motivated hate crime attacks as a teenager:
@itszaeok Mark Wahlberg saying he had done the work do make things right when he barely did time for his crimes because he stopped hate-crimping people, which apparently made his life harder.He only served 45 days of his 2 year sentence.
9.When Roseanne blamed her racist remarks about White House aide Valerie Jarrett on Ambien, calling it "Ambien tweeting."
@itszaeok This comes to mind.https://t.co/ZURwPWcfFx
10.When TikToker Sienna Mae Gomez was accused of sexual assault by fellow TikToker Jack Wright and returned to social media by dancing in a video:
@itszaeok hands down
11.When Matt Damon recently admitted he just stopped using the f-slur because of his daughter:
@itszaeok matt damon saying it took his daughter writing him a whole essay to realise using homophobic slurs is bad
12.When the owner of Dolls Kill clothing allegedly praised police for attacking a protester and then apologized with this awkward video:
@itszaeok Not really a celebrity, but the owner of dollskill clothing’s “apology” comes to mind…
13.And lastly, when actor Ronen Rubinstein reportedly joked about a character’s hijab on 9-1-1: Lone Star
@itszaeok he was apologizing for a video of him mocking a hijabi character from 9-1-1 lone star on set of the show