A collection of famous and infamous apologies - from Janet Jackson to Jesse Jackson, Jarry Falwell to Jerry Lewis - that proves anyone is capable of screwing up, big time.
Whether it's in the field of politics, sports, entertainment, business or religion, to err is human but to err in public is humiliating. In this anthology of apologies ranging from grudging to groveling, both the famous and the infamous seek forgiveness. From Jesse Jackson (for saying "Hymietown") to Janet Jackson (for her wardrobe malfunction), from Hugh Grant (for the hooker) to Bill Clinton (for the intern), from Sen. Bob Packwood (for groping women) to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (for groping women), the public apology has become a cleansing rite of passage for transgressors of all kinds.
My Bad collects the most exquisitely squirm-inducing pleas for forgiveness to have passed the lips of the nation's misbehavers. Both hilarious and educational - did you know that Ted Turner insulted not just the Italians and the Poles but also African-Americans and Christians, or that the lead singer for Blood, Sweat &amp; Tears told his largely Jewish audience that the weather was "as hot as the last train car going to Auschwitz"? - My Bad pays tribute to the wildly entertaining ritual that the public apology has become.

My Bad: 25 Years of Public Apologies and the Appalling Behavior That Inspired Them

Humor & Entertainment

Slansky, Paul

Sorkin, Arleen

Humor

Bloomsbury USA

Updated to include new apologies: "[A] densely packed grab bag…an invaluable history lesson, reassuring in its lest-we-forgetness, riveting in its revelations."―Entertainment Weekly With an additional 200 mind-boggling miscues and mealy-mouthed mea culpas, My Bad celebrates the best of this year's most exquisitely squirm-inducing pleas for forgiveness, from a variety of famous flubbers―Donald Rumsfield to Don Imus, Mel Gibson to Michael Richards―that proves public apologies are as American as pleading the Fifth.

My Bad: The Apology Anthology

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My Bad: 25 Years of Public Apologies and the Appalling Behavior That Inspired Them

My Bad: The Apology Anthology