TV 6 Memorable Public Apologies Made Under Pressure

It’s never easy to say sorry, especially when everyone’s watching…just ask David Letterman. The Late Show host sputtered an apology yesterday to hockey mom and moose stew connoisseur Sarah Palin, after Letterman accidentally joked about Palin’s 14-year-old daughter fornicating, sans condom, with A-Rod (he thought that the joke was referring to Palin’s actual single-mom daughter, Bristol, who at 18 is fully legal yet still unable to figure out how to use a condom). Oops. Palin reportedly accepted Dave’s apology, even though she hopes that “men who ‘joke’ about public displays of sexual exploitation of girls will soon evolve.” First of all, we’re surprised that Palin believes in evolution. Second of all, evolution takes millions of years; while we’re waiting, might as well keep the crude sexploitation jokes coming.

In today’s age of political correctness, making a joke in public is like farting on the subway–it might feel good, but it’s going to offend at least a few people. Read on to watch the clips of television and radio show hosts whose inappropriate commentary led to begrudging public apologies…