Tiger Woods and other celebrity apologies
Chris Brown took a fall from grace in February when he was arrested for assaulting his girlfriend, Rihanna, the night before the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. It was only after the dust settled (he pled guilty to felony assault) that Brown decided it was time to tell his fans just how he felt. The rapper released a public video apology saying, “I have told Rihanna countless times and I am telling you today that I am truly, truly sorry that I wasn’t able to handle the situation both differently and better.” As the two-minute video comes to a close, he confesses that he someday hopes to return to role-model status. (Christopher Polk / Getty Images)
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Sienna Miller made a boo-boo by admitting to be bored with Pittsburgh while she was there filming an adaptation of Michael Chabon’s “The Mysteries of Pittsburgh,” nicknaming the town with a word that starts with “sh” and rhymes with “Pittsburgh.” A public apology was hastily scheduled. “I really didn’t mean anything,” she said, standing next to the mayor. “I’ve had a great time here.” (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
VENICE, CA, JANUARY 28, 2014 - Actor Isaiah Washington photographed at Hal’s Bar & Grill on Abbot Kinney Blvd., Tuesday, January 28, 2014. Two of his films from last year will screen at the Pan African Film Festival. Blackbird and Blue Caprice (inspired by the true events of John Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo who were behind the DC Beltway Sniper Attacks). (Ricardo DeAratanha/Los Angeles Times) (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)
Comedian Michael Richards showed up on the “Late Show” with David Letterman, where Richards’ old friend Jerry Seinfeld was a guest, to apologize for his racist outburst at a couple of hecklers during his stand-up act. Richards began to apologize -- “To flip out and say this crap, I’m deeply, deeply sorry” -- but some of the audience was not aware of what had happened and started giggling, assuming the heartfelt apology was another crazy stunt from the kooky comedian. (Fernando Leon / Getty Images)
After being picked up for drunk driving and unleashing a whole string of anti-Semitic comments to the arresting officer and anyone else within earshot, Mel Gibson released two statements of apology and went on TV with Diane Sawyer to further apologize. He told Sawyer he was ashamed of what he said, calling them “the stupid ramblings of a drunkard.” (Rick Rowel/ABC via Getty Images)
In the summer of ’05 (a.k.a. Tom Cruise’s Summer of Terror), Cruise attacked Brooke Shields for using medication to control her post-partum depression. It wasn’t until September ’06 that Shields told Jay Leno that Cruise had apologized to her. She explained the actor had showed up at her house, “and he apologized for bringing me into the whole thing and for everything that happened.” (Mark J. Terrill / Associated Press)
