Mandy Moore appeared on TODAY Monday morning and was asked whether she believes Adams has “changed” after his public apology.
“You know, it’s challenging because I feel like in many ways, I’ve said all I want to say about him and that situation,” she said, “but I find it curious someone would make a public apology but not do it privately. I am speaking for myself, but I have not heard from him and I’m not looking for an apology necessarily, but I do find it curious that someone would do an interview about it without actually making amends privately.”
Ryan Adams is taking responsibility for his actions.
The singer penned a lengthy apology on Friday, one-and-a-half years after a searing expose in the New York Times accused him of sexual harassment and psychological abuse of women — including his former wife Mandy Moore.
In the NYT piece, Adams was accused of retaliating against the women who spurned his advances, by sabotaging their careers and harassing them in text messages and on social media.
At the time, the rocker denied all allegations, branding the article “upsettingly inaccurate”, insisting: “Some of its details are misrepresented; some are exaggerated; some are outright false.”
But in a new grovelling mea culpa sent to the Daily Mail, he accepted he had mistreated people throughout his life and career, and that he would “never be off the hook” because of his harmful behavior.
“There are no words to express how bad I feel about the ways I’ve mistreated people throughout my life and career,” he began.
“All I can say is that I’m sorry. It’s that simple. This period of isolation and reflection made me realize that I needed to make significant changes in my life.”
“I’ve gotten past the point where I would be apologizing just for the sake of being let off the hook and I know full well that any apology from me probably won’t be accepted by those I’ve hurt. I get that and I also understand that there’s no going back.”
He accepted that a lot of people would see his words as “the same empty bull***t apology that I’ve always used when I was called out”; however he insisted this time was different.
“Having truly realized the harm that I’ve caused, it wrecked me, and I’m still reeling from the ripples of devastating effects that my actions triggered.”
“There is no way to convince people that this time is truly different, but this is the albatross that I deserve to carry with me as a result of my actions.”
“Realizing the consequences of my actions, I took a hard look inwards and sought to find the truth behind them. What pain was I carrying myself that was so poorly and wrongly being projected onto others?”
