Seth Meyers shares his guide to non-apologies
When it comes to giving a terrible apology — saying you're sorry, but not really being sorry — no one does it better than an American, Seth Meyers said on Late Night Wednesday.
In his "Sorry Not Sorry" segment, Meyers explained the subtle difference between such non-apologies as "I'm sorry you misunderstood me" and "I'm sorry…but also you can kind of see how it wasn't my fault, right?" Republican presidential candidate John Kasich gave a perfect example of the "I'm sorry if you were offended" "apology," after remarking that during his early career "women left their kitchens" to campaign for him. Kasich said he was "more than happy to say I'm sorry if I offended somebody out there, but it wasn't intended to be offensive," but Meyers said this wasn't anywhere close to being a proper apology. "It's like he's on medication and one of the side effects is 1952 mouth," he quipped.
There is one person out there doing it right — a man convicted of carrying a concealed weapon and unlawful imprisonment, who sang his apologies to his mother, the victim, and the judge. "He didn't run away from his mistakes," Meyers said. "Instead he apologized to everyone he's wronged, and he did it all while sneaking in a pretty solid audition for The Voice." Watch the video below. Catherine Garcia
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Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.
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