[IMAGES.DAWN] Barbra Streisand apologised Saturday for her remarks about Michael Jackson and two men who have accused him of sexual abuse, saying that she should have chosen her words more carefully and that she admires the accusers for "speaking their truth.""Slap me again, please!"
Streisand had received bitter criticism online after she was quoted in The Times of London as saying that Jackson’s accusers were "thrilled to be there" during the alleged abuse, which "didn’t kill them."
Rape, even statutory we are assured, is the single absolute worst thing that can happen to a woman. It's just a part of growing up for eleven year old boys.
After an initial statement Saturday to The News Agency that Dare Not be Named in which she sought to clarify her remarks, the superstar of song, stage and screen posted an apology online that went further.
They were thrilled to be there, it didn't kill them. How much clearer can you get?
"I am profoundly sorry for any pain or misunderstanding I caused by not choosing my words more carefully about Michael Jackson and his victims," she wrote.
"Papa, can you hear me?"
Trying walking back: “His sexual needs were his sexual needs, coming from whatever childhood he has or whatever DNA he has. You can say ‘molested,’ but those children, as you heard say, they were thrilled to be there. They both married and they both have children, so it didn’t kill them.” Fail