Apologizes

The Grand Ole Opry celebrated Dolly Parton’s 78th birthday on Jan. 19 with a night of performances at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on Friday. While the country legend herself wasn’t present for the Opry Goes Dolly event, other musicians took the stage to perform her hits in tribute — or at least they were supposed to. Singer-songwriter Elle King derailed the performance by appearing onstage in a seemingly inebriated state: At one point, she admitted to being “hammered” and forgot the words to Parton’s songs during her…

Lil Nas X appears to be repentant after upsetting Christian recording artists and fans with his latest song, “J Christ,” whose cover art and music video appropriated biblical imagery and themes and certainly delivered on the track’s promise: Give ’em somethin’ viral.The two-time Grammy Award winner debuted the controversial song Friday. In the accompanying video, he appeared as a devil, an angel and Jesus Christ crucified on a cross before mounting a comeback at a Met Gala-style event. He also navigates the flooded high…

The rapper took down his single's cover art after allegations that it referenced the Holocaust U.K rapper and producer Skepta took down an image for his upcoming single “Gas Me Up (Diligent)” after allegations that the artwork was in reference to the Holocaust. On Monday, Skepta posted the artwork, made by artist Gabriel Moses, to his Instagram. The image featured a group of men with shaved heads and the words “Gas Me Up” tattooed across one of their heads. Some fans alleged that the artwork…

ESPN sports analyst Pat McAfee apologized after Aaron Rodgers came on his talk show and implied that Jimmy Kimmel was among those named in the highly anticipated Jeffrey Epstein court documents.McAfee opened his self-titled show Wednesday by addressing the controversy and chalking up Rodgers’ remarks to making a “s— talk joke” that became a “massive overnight story.” The documents, also released Wednesday, included the names of Epstein associates and sex-trafficking victims, as well as others who were loosely tied to…

Following a stint gone wrong, a social media influencer has taken the accountability road and issued a public apology.Upon receiving backlash from a “social experiment”, Natalie Reynolds took to her X page (formerly known as Twitter) on the last weekend of 2023 (December 30) to say sorry.Resharing the initial clip which had stirred up some controversies, the influencer wrote: “I’ve made a severe and continuous lapse in my judgment and I don’t expect to be forgiven.“I am simply here to apologize.”Following her flopped…

Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, apologized Tuesday to the Jewish community after his long string of antisemitic remarks and song lyrics.“I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for my unplanned outburst caused by my words or actions, it was not my intention to hurt or disrespect, and I deeply regret any pain I may have caused,” Ye said in an Instagram post written in Hebrew, according to a translation by the Jerusalem Post. “I am committed to starting with myself and learning from this experience to ensure…

Kanye West has issued an apology note “the Jewish community” in a new Instagram post written in Hebrew. The rapper, who has unleashed a series of antisemitic comments in recent years, wrote that he was sorry for any pain he has caused. “I sincerely apologize to the Jewish community for any ‘unintended outburst’ caused by my words or actions,'” he wrote (via Google Translate). It was not my intention to hurt or demean, and I deeply regret any pain I may have caused. I am committed to starting with myself and…

The country singer Luke Combs is making amends to a disabled Florida woman who sells tumblers online after she was ordered to pay him $250,000 when she got snared in a crackdown his lawyers launched against companies that sell unauthorized merchandise with his image or name on it.Combs in an Instagram video posted on Wednesday said he told his attorneys to remove Nicol Harness from a lawsuit they filed in an Illinois federal court and that he was sending her $11,000. She had sold on Amazon 18 tumblers she had made with…

The actress issued a statement following her comments amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war  Susan Sarandon has issued an apology after saying at a pro-Palestine rally in November that people feeling afraid of being Jewish at this time were “getting a taste of what it feels like to be a Muslim in this country, so often subjected to violence” “This phrasing was a terrible mistake,” she wrote in a statement shared to Instagram Friday night, “as it implies that until recently Jews have been strangers…

The rapper only has seven shows left on the Scarlet tour, which wraps on December 13 in Chicago Doja Cat‘s high-production concert performance on the Scarlet tour requires a lot of moving parts — there’s a giant snake, a spinning stage, a full crew of dancers, and the rapper herself traversing through five different musical segments. Following her recent performance at New Jersey’s Prudential Center, she took to Instagram to apologize to the fans who attended for not fully showing up for them.…