Ariana Grande apologizes for doughnut video: 'I'm so disgusted with myself'
This article is more than 8 years oldThe pop singer issued a second apology for saying ‘I hate America’ in a viral video taken without her knowledge, saying the incident has been a ‘rude awakening’
Ariana Grande has issued a second apology for “the whole doughnut fiasco” – a video that went viral of her licking doughnuts and saying “I hate America.”
In a video posted to YouTube entitled Sorry Babes, the pop singer and actor said she should have focused on apologizing in her first statement about the row, rather than “preaching about my issues with the food industry”.
On Tuesday the website TMZ released security footage from a doughnut shop showing Grande licking two doughnuts on display and saying: “I hate Americans. I hate America.” She released a statement on Wednesday saying she was “EXTREMELY proud to be an American” and implying that her actions were a result of being upset by childhood obesity in the US.
In the new video, Grande said she had never been prouder to be an American. “The advances we’ve made in the last couple of months, all the wonderful progressive things that have been going on – I’ve never been prouder of this country actually,” she said.
The singer said that she was disgusted with her comments and actions: “Seeing a video of yourself behaving poorly, that you have no idea was taken, is such a rude awakening, that you don’t know what to do. I was so disgusted with myself.”
Public health officials from Riverside County are investigating the incident. Grande was replaced as the headliner for the MLB all-star concert the day after the video’s release, although MLB Communications said “health issues” were the reason and Grande said she was recovering from having her wisdom teeth removed.
Grande reminded the world that she was still young and was bound to make some mistakes: “I’m 22 years old. I’m human. I still got a lot to learn, and I make mistakes and that’s how I’m going to learn … That’s how we grow, you know?”
But she said she was “not here to make any excuses” and closed the video with one last apology: “I am just here to apologize … I am very sorry.”
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