Just realized everyone takes celeb apology tours at face value now

I was scrolling through that whole Chris Pratt controversy last week and everyone just accepted his podcast apology as real. Nobody checked if he actually changed his behavior after the first 3 apologies. I noticed this pattern with a bunch of celebs now, they just say sorry on a talk show and the story dies within 2 days. Why do we keep letting them skip the part where they actually do something different?

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johnson.river9d ago

Does anyone else remember when James Gunn actually showed us he changed by making Peacemaker after all that old tweet stuff? I mean the guy literally got fired and then came back and made something that kind of proved he wasn't the same person anymore. That's what we should be looking for. Instead we get a 10 minute podcast clip and everyone moves on like it never happened. It's like we forgot what accountability even looks like. Now we just reward the apology tour and call it a day.

the_holly9d ago

Is it possible that we're actually just bad at telling the difference between a genuine change and a really good performance? Like, Gunn's Peacemaker felt real because the whole show was about a guy who's a total mess trying to be better, and that's a hard thing to fake. But a podcast apology feels so polished and rehearsed that it's easy to question if it's just damage control. Maybe we need to start asking for people to show their work instead of just saying the right words. It's wild how we've let the apology tour replace actual proof of growth.

erickelly9d ago

You know what, I had this same thing happen with a friend of mine a few years back. He kept apologizing for flaking on plans, doing the whole "sorry man" thing on text, but then he'd just do it again two weeks later. It wasn't until I straight up said "I don't need another apology, I need you to actually show up" that something clicked. He started sending me his calendar invites before we made plans, gave me his location so I could see he was actually on his way. It took that concrete action, not more words, for me to believe him again. We just need to stop taking the polished speech as proof. Actions are the only thing that counts, full stop.