“I want to apologize to everybody for the wrong that I’ve done,” Deen said in a short, edited statement posted on YouTube. “I want to learn and grow from this. Inappropriate and hurtful language is totally, totally unacceptable. I’ve made plenty of mistakes along the way but I beg you, my children, my team, my fans, my partners, I beg for your forgiveness.”
This article appears in Jun 19-25, 2013.
