People say stupid things all of the time. They say things that are racist when they don’t mean to do so. They say things that are just plain ignorant. But we typically overlook what they’ve said. Or we realize that the context they said it in explains why they said it even if we don’t think they should have said it in the first place. In other words, we don’t like it but we let it go.

But we don’t let it go when famous people say something stupid. If a celebrity or a politician makes a stupid comment, we highlight it and give it media attention. And then we make them apologize for it. These public apologies for stupid comments are now the norm from a PR perspective.

For example, young actress Kristin Stewart recently compared the intrusion of the paparazzi into her life to the experience of being raped. For victims of rape, that’s an offensive and ignorant comment. However, we all know what she meant. Instead of just letting it go, non-profit organizations against sexual violence rallied with an outcry against her. She made a public apology.

Another recent example comes from politics. South Carolina senator Jake Knotts called another politician a “raghead”, a clear racial slur. Yes, this is terrible. Yes, he should apologize to her. But when he was forced to apologize he included in his apology that the slur was just a joke. That’s not a real apology; it’s an excuse. And it doesn’t make him look any better to the public eye.

Making celebrities apologize for the stupid things that they said is just plain stupid!

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