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.
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