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Sabrina Carpenter Apologizes for Calling Chant Yodeling at Coachella

Sabrina Carpenter Apologizes for Calling Chant Yodeling at Coachella

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sabrina Carpenter has issued an apology for mistaking Zaghrouta, a celebratory Arabic chant, for yodeling during her 2026 headlining Coachella set. “my apologies i didn’t see this person with my eyes and couldn’t hear clearly. my reaction was pure confusion, sarcasm and not ill intended. could have handled it better! now i know what a Zaghrouta is!” Carpenter wrote on X Saturday. “I welcome all cheers and yodels from here on out.” In a viral clip from the “House Tour” singer’s performance at the music festival on Friday night, an audience member can be heard voicing a Zaghrouta chant. “I think I heard someone yodel. Is that what you’re doing? I don’t like it,” Carpenter said onstage while she sat behind a piano. The attendee responded by telling the Grammy winner, “It’s my culture.” Carpenter responded, “That’s your culture, is yodeling?” The audience member added, “It’s a call of celebration.” “Is this Burning Man? What’s going on? This is weird,” Carpenter replied. The interaction sparked backlash for Carpenter, who directly replied to an X post …

BAFTA apologizes again for racial slur scandal amid review results

BAFTA apologizes again for racial slur scandal amid review results

Published by Sam Flores

The BAFTA Board of Trustees announced Friday it is working to address its shortcomings in “accessibility, inclusion planning, culture and event communication and command structure” more than a month after a racial slur controversy overshadowed its annual awards celebration. The board for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts said in a statement published Friday that an independent review of the scandal found “a number of structural weaknesses in BAFTA’s planning, escalation procedures and crisis coordination arrangements.” During the Feb. 22 awards ceremony, a white audience member with Tourette syndrome hurled a racial slur while “Sinners” stars Michael B. Jordan and Delroy Lindo, who are Black, were on stage. BAFTA and BBC faced swift backlash — and have since apologized — for failing to edit out the slur before broadcasting the ceremony after a two-hour delay. In Friday’s statement, the board of trustees said that the external review by RISE Associates “did not find evidence of malicious intent” from the parties behind the February event and offered renewed apologies to the Black community and …

Geno Auriemma Apologizes for Tense Exchange With Dawn Staley After UConn Loss

Geno Auriemma Apologizes for Tense Exchange With Dawn Staley After UConn Loss

Published by Sam Flores

PHOENIX (AP) — UConn coach Geno Auriemma has apologized for his actions during a heated exchange with Dawn Staley at the end of the Huskies’ loss to South Carolina in the women’s Final Four. A visibly upset Auriemma went over to Staley in the final seconds of South Carolina’s 62-48 victory on Friday night and appeared to chastise her. Coaches from both teams had to separate them. When the game finally ended, Auriemma walked off the court to the locker room without going back to shake hands with anyone from South Carolina. “There’s no excuse for how I handled the end of the game vs. South Carolina. It’s unlike what I do and what our standard is here at Connecticut,” the Hall of Fame coach said in a statement on Saturday. “I want to apologize to the staff and the team at South Carolina. It was uncalled for in how I reacted. The story should be how well South Carolina played, and I don’t want my actions to detract from that. I’ve had a great …

Project Hail Mary author apologizes to Star Trek boss after brutally insulting modern spin-offs

Project Hail Mary author apologizes to Star Trek boss after brutally insulting modern spin-offs

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Project Hail Mary author Andy Weir has apologized to Star Trek boss Alex Kurtzman in an open letter after he slammed the franchise’s modern series in a recent podcast appearance. The 53-year-old novelist, who shot to fame when his book The Martian was adapted to a movie by Ridley Scott with Matt Damon in 2015, faced criticism after saying the current roster of Star Trek spin-offs “are s***.” In an open letter addressed to Kurtzman, shared Monday on Facebook, Weir wrote: “I’m posting to apologize about stuff I said on the Critical Drinker’s podcast. “I feel like my quotes were taken out of context as salacious sound bytes [sic]. I hope you saw the other parts where I said how much I like you as a person and what a nice guy you are. Also how I like [Strange New Worlds] …

Israel apologizes after barring cardinal from Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday

Israel apologizes after barring cardinal from Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday

Published by Sam Flores

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Following outcry from political and religious leaders for barring Catholic leaders in the Holy Land from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday (March 29), Israeli authorities apologized and gave them permission to worship at the church, one of Christianity’s holiest sites. “In agreement with the Israel Police, access for representatives of the churches has been secured in order to conduct the liturgies and ceremonies and to preserve the ancient Easter traditions at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher,” read a Monday (March 30) joint statement by the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custodian of the Holy Land, who heads a body of Franciscan priests and brothers who tend to the region’s holy sites. The statement emphasized that “especially in times of hardship and conflict, such as those presently endured, safeguarding freedom of worship remains a fundamental and shared duty,” adding that all religions be allowed to practice and worship. The leaders also called for an end to the “tragic war.” The Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal …

Woman Apologizes For Thinking Wives With Easygoing Husbands Were Bitter

Woman Apologizes For Thinking Wives With Easygoing Husbands Were Bitter

Published by Jenni Sidey

A relationship writer and coach named Olivia issued a formal apology to a pretty large group of women in a post on Threads, and those who could relate were so happy to feel seen. In her apology, Olivia asked for forgiveness from all the wives she had unfairly judged because of how their personalities contrasted with those of their husbands. She has come to realize that many of the women she thought were difficult were actually just doing the best they could with what they had to work with. Olivia once judged women she believed were ‘bitter,’ but now she knows they only acted that way because of their husbands. “I owe an apology to all the women I thought were bitter while their husbands seemed so easygoing,” she stated. “Now I know that it is very easy to be easygoing when someone else is carrying the entire weight of your life.” Women commented on the post in droves to express their agreement. “Of course he looks relaxed,” one said. “He outsourced the stress.” Another …

Pro-War Republican Senator Apologizes For Iran Girls’ School Massacre After Trump Blames Tehran

Pro-War Republican Senator Apologizes For Iran Girls’ School Massacre After Trump Blames Tehran

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Brett Wilkins via Common Dreams A Republican senator apologized this week for what US military investigators have reportedly determined was an American missile strike on a girls’ school in southern Iran that killed around 175 people—mostly children—amid continued sidestepping by President Donald Trump, who has blamed Tehran for the massacre. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.)—who supports the US-Israeli war on Iran—first apologized for the attack on the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls’ elementary school in Minab during a Monday interview with NBC News senior national political reporter Sahil Kapur. “It was terrible,” Kennedy said. “We made a mistake… I’m just so sorry it happened.” Kennedy repeated his apology Tuesday on CNN, telling political correspondent Kasie Hunt: “The investigation may prove me wrong. I hope so. The kids are still dead, but I think it was a horrible, horrible mistake. I wish it hadn’t happened. I’m sorry it happened.” ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters Connect Reuters first reported last week that US military investigators believe American forces carried out the school strike, a preliminary conclusion that came on the heels of a New York Times analysis that found the …

Five Guys apologizes for botched BOGO deal and offers customers redo

Five Guys apologizes for botched BOGO deal and offers customers redo

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Five Guys will be restarting its former buy one, get one promotion after an unsuccessful attempt last month. The burger and fries chain launched a BOGO promotion with burgers to celebrate its 40th birthday on February 17. However, due to an overwhelming public response, Five Guys was not able to cater to every customer. According to a press release the company published Monday, they are asking for a “do-over.” “You visited our restaurants in overwhelming numbers, and we weren’t ready for you,” the company said in the release. “We didn’t meet our own standards, and that’s not something we take lightly.” “We were genuinely humbled by your response,” Five Guys Founder Jerry Murrell added. “Forty years is a long time, and the outpouring of …

Iran’s president apologizes for strikes on neighbors : NPR

Iran’s president apologizes for strikes on neighbors : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Iranians attend Friday prayers in the courtyard of the Imam Khomeini Grand mosque in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 6, 2026. Vahid Salemi/AP hide caption toggle caption Vahid Salemi/AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s president apologized Saturday for attacks on regional countries even as its missiles and drones flew toward Gulf Arab states, indicating that Tehran’s political leadership could not exercise full command over Iran’s armed forces. He also rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated demands for surrender. President Masoud Pezeshkian, one member of a tripartite leadership council overseeing Iran since a Feb. 28 airstrike started the war and killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivered the defiant message exactly one week into a conflict that has spread across the region, rattled global markets and air travel and left Iran’s own leadership greatly weakened by hundreds of Israeli and American airstrikes. The message, seemingly filmed in a hurry without professional broadcast equipment, again underlined the limited powers being exercised by the theocracy’s leaders over its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which controls the ballistic missiles targeting Israel …

Trump Says He’ll Hit Iran Harder as Iranian President Apologizes to Neighbors

Trump Says He’ll Hit Iran Harder as Iranian President Apologizes to Neighbors

Published by Sam Flores

U.S. President Donald Trump warned in a Truth Social post that more Iranian officials will be targets, saying, “Today Iran will be hit very hard!,” while noting an apology by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian earlier in the day to neighboring nations over Tehran’s attacks. Gulf countries say they have intercepted more ballistic missiles and drones launched from Iran. Kuwait says 2 border guards killed Two Kuwaiti border guards were killed early Sunday, authorities said, as the Gulf country was hit by a barrage of missile and drones. In a statement, the Interior Ministry identified them as Lt. Col. Abdullah Imad Al-Sharrah and Cap. Fahd Abdulaziz Al-Majmoud. It said they were killed “while performing their national duty.” The statement didn’t elaborate on the circumstances of their death. They were the latest war-related deaths in Kuwait since the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran erupted on Feb. 28. Two troops and a child were killed last week. Israeli strikes hit Beirut’s southern suburbs The Israeli military struck multiple areas in Beirut’s southern suburbs early Sunday after it said it …