The 6 Most Insincere Apologies of All-Time
For most of us, an apology actually means something. If you hurt somebody’s feelings, laugh/throw things at a kid in a wheelchair or repeatedly violate a restraining order of a certain SOMEONE, you offer a heartfelt apology and move on with your life.
But for famous types who have lawyers and publicists, the public apology becomes an important business strategy, with all sincerity stripped away. We’re talking about apologies like...
#6.Jason Giambi on the Subject of Steroids
What Makes Him an Insincere Sack of Lies:
#5.Governor Eliot Spitzer and Prostitute Ashley Dupre
What Makes Them Insincere Sacks of Lies:
#4.Congressman Tom Feeney and the Abramoff Scandal
What Makes Him an Insincere Sack of Lies:
#3.Pacman Jones, Guns and Strippers
What Makes Him An Insincere Sack of Lies:
#2.Alec Baldwin Screams Obscenities at His Child
What Makes Him An Insincere Sack of Lies:
#1.Michael Richards and Racism
What Makes Him An Insincere Sack of Lies:
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I’ll add one from just a couple of days ago: that lady from the Journalist who described her rapturous glee if she were to see Rush Limbaugh having a heart attack, then apologizing “to anyone I may have offended” — not specifically Rush himself.
The “to anyone I may have offended” routine is a modern gimmick as well, as the offender pretends that there’s a possibility that nobody was offended at all, or at least does not deign to agree that a specific person or group of people were indeed mistreated.