Akon apologizes for risque dance

Akon, under fire for doing a sexually explicit dance onstage with a 14-year-old girl, has offered an apology to the teen and anyone else who was offended.

Akon, whose hits include “Don’t Matter,” “I Wanna Love You” with Snoop Dogg and “Smack That” with Eminem, was videotaped simulating sex with a girl invited onstage as part of his act during an April 12 concert in Trinidad. After the video was circulated widely on the Internet, it was revealed that she was 14.

Since the incident, Verizon has pulled out as a sponsor of his tour with Gwen Stefani.

In a statement released Wednesday, Akon, 34, said he was sorry for the incident but also said he didn’t know the girl was underage.