They say, one with more is one with more responsibilities, a public figure means most of what they do to keep that figure has to be public. Celebrities have to live with the fact that they have an obligation towards the public and keeping a clean slate at all times, near perfect.
But as it has always been, some still falter and let the public down by their scandalous actions because after all, they are humans before they are celebrities. Where it goes wrong is that, they fail to handle their scandals well enough and thinks a public apology will take it away easily.
One thing I've learnt about the word "Sorry", it can be said easily and without actually being sincere. I know of people who will almost never say sorry but when they do, you'll know they are actually being sincere because you'll never find them doing what they did wrong again, they've learnt.
Some people don't find it easy to apologize but from their actions, you can tell they are remorseful for what they did and a forgiving heart just let go, not waiting for a sorry. It's a different case for online or digital situations where there are many eyes and different people thoughts.
A Case Scenario - An Actor Apologies Publicly.
Sometime ago, a Korean actress was announced dead and that she commited suicide on the birthday of a Korean actor. It was a sad news until rumours began to go around that the Korean actor had a lot to do with her death because he once dated her when she was still very young.
It took a lot of proofs, videos and pictures, to make the actor come out of his shell not to agree to the speculations but to only apologies to the public. Before that, no news of him visiting the family who lost their daughter and he didn't attend her funeral, yet he claimed he was sorry.
All I saw from that apology video he agreed to do was for him to gain his lost deals back, because I heard he lost a lot of his contract with brands after the scandal went viral. It was even more annoying that he cried so hard on camera trying to prove he is totally innocent about the situation.
I don't know about others but I see no sincerity in that public apology he did no matter how seriously he cried because he's an actor and has done that a lot in the movies I've seen him on. What I wished he had done that would make a difference is, apologizing to the bereaved family.
Going silent for a long time and coming to cry on camera when things got out of hands wasn't the way to go about it especially with the fact that he actually dated the lady who died, I mean, someone died! That is a more reason to show some remorse to the family first but he didn't.
I don't believe much of these online or as I'll call them, scripted apologies. They are people used to the camera already, so it's definitely easy for them to go on and say sorry like they mean it but actually don't. Apologizing directly to those they've offended should come first before public.
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