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John Paul Filo
THE LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, David Letterman, 1993-present
Notorious Celebrity Apologies
David Letterman Apologizes to the Palins
David Letterman experienced a ratings boost but an ego blow recently for joking that Sarah Palin's daughter got knocked up by New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez during a seventh-inning stretch. Letterman contends that he thought he was making the joke about Palin's 18-year-old daughter, Bristol, and not 14-year-old Willow, who was actually at the game with the Alaskan governor. Regardless, Palin expressed outrage not only on behalf of her child but for young girls everywhere, claiming such jokes contributed to "the atrociously high rate of sexual exploitation of minors by older men who use and abuse others."
Letterman's first attempt at addressing the fury seemed like a cop-out to a lot of people, and Palin wouldn't let it go. Maybe that was because he didn't actually apologize but instead admitted only to poor judgment. "Am I guilty of poor taste?" he asked. "Yes. Did I suggest that it was OK for her 14-year-old daughter to be having promiscuous sex? No." So a few days later he came back and said, "I'm sorry about it, and I'll try to do better in the future." Palin accepted his apology.
Letterman isn't the first star to put his foot in his mouth and cause a stir. Lots of big names have had to man-up over the years and say they were sorry. Here are some of the most notorious celebrity apologies.
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denver80206
June 30, 2009 - 08:47 PM GMT
nearly a 10 on the irrelevance to the question scale. Nice job. I don't like spinach, if anyone cares about my opinion on that. Spinach farmers, your product sucks, and you should apologize to me.
60's Mom
June 30, 2009 - 07:24 AM GMT
I agree. Bush does owe the American people a lot more than just a lame apology. He owes an explanation of why he did this to the blue collar workers of America. The ones who pay their taxes on time and work 40+ hours a week. Just so we can decide which bills to pay with this paycheck and hope the hell that we have enough money left over to put food on our tables and get enough gas to get back to work. He put this country in turmoil not Obama.
Vouty Old Blonde
June 27, 2009 - 10:38 PM GMT
George W. Bush owes apologies to the families of the millions of people who have lost their lives because of his arrogance and lack of intellect.
Then there are the rest of us who were propelled to the brink of destitution because of his greed. While he lives the good life on his hidden ranch, the rest of us are down to our last few bucks and no prospects for work.
Yep! Bush has some big time apologizing to do.