Watched that apology from the actor who crashed his car in Malibu last month and something felt off

Honestly, I was catching up on the news last week and saw the video. He was sitting in what looked like a home office, talking about taking full responsibility. But his eyes kept darting to the side, like he was reading a script off a screen. He said 'I'm sorry' maybe five times in two minutes, but it sounded flat, like he was just saying the words. The part that got me was when he said he was going to 'do better' but didn't say how or what he'd actually change. It felt like his publicist told him to get it over with before his next movie comes out. Has anyone else watched it and thought the same thing, or was it just me?

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ryant505h ago

Wasn't the car crash in Santa Monica, not Malibu? I remember the report saying it was near the pier. That mix-up makes the whole apology feel even more like a canned statement he didn't write himself.

david_reed227h ago

You said it felt like his publicist told him to get it over with. I mean, maybe, but is a perfect apology really the big issue here? Nobody got hurt, it was just a car. We're all just watching some guy be bad at saying sorry on camera.

angela_patel757h ago

Did you notice how he never looked straight at the camera? That's what got me. It makes the whole thing feel like a chore he had to check off a list. I get what you mean about it just being a car, but when someone's that disconnected from their own apology, it's hard to believe they mean any of it. It just leaves a bad taste.