All apologies: the best, worst, and weirdest celeb apologies

In the wake of Dave Grohl’s public confession that he fathered a child outside of his marriage, here are some of our favourite mea culpas, from Lena Dunham to Fyre festival

Clockwise from top left: Drew Barrymore (Miss You Already/ PA Photo/Entone); Ja Rule and Billy McFarland; Dave Grohl (PA/Magdalena Wosinska); Ariana Grande (PA); Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis (Instagram @aplusk) for features

Drew Barrymore for two minutes and 19 seconds

Nothing screams sincerity like Drew Barrymore’s tearful, two minute and 19 second apology for restarting her TV show during last year’s actors’ strike. Filmed with no makeup in her very expensive house, the exceedingly long video — starting with the now-iconic line “I believe there’s nothing I can do or say in this moment to make it OK” — was deleted days after it was posted following a torrent of social media backlash.