Mandy Moore responds to Ryan Adams apology over misconduct

“This is Us” star Mandy Moore recently responded to her ex-husband Ryan Adam’s apology about his previous misconduct, saying she was surprised he would make a public apology without doing so privately, according to Entertainment Weekly.

• Moore said: “It’s challenging because I feel like in many ways I’ve said all I want to say about him and that situation, but I find it curious that 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 am 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.”

Adams wrote in a lengthy essay for the Daily Mail that he apologized to those he hurt. He said he was trying to get sober and was seeking professional help.

“There are no words to express how bad I feel about the ways I’ve mistreated people throughout my life and career. 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. To a lot of people this will just seem like the same empty bulls--- apology that I’ve always used when I was called out, and all I can say is, this time it is different.”

• In February 2019, The New York Times reported that seven women claimed Adams offered to help them with their music careers “but then turned things sexual, and he sometimes became emotional and verbally abusive,” according to The Associated Press.
• Adams denied the original report.
• Moore said in the lengthy report from The New York Times that she empathized with the women who came forward about her ex-husband.
• She said: “Music was a point of control for him. His controlling behavior essentially did block my ability to make new connections in the industry during a very pivotal and potentially lucrative time — my entire mid-to-late 20s.”