11 Celebrities Who Apologized After Being Called Out For Rude Encounters

Not all celebrities have the best reputation when it comes to interacting with fans, journalists or even their co-stars. Unfortunately, over the course of their careers, a few stars have gotten a bad rap for being straight up rude to the people around them. And while there are a handful of celebs who never realize the error of their ways, many of these stars end up issuing apologies to the people they’ve wronged. Thankfully, most of the time these apologies are well received -- and everyone involved are able to smooth things out. Find out why these stars had to issue an apology… 1. Anne Hathaway Journalist Kjersti Flaa recently resurfaced an old interview with Anne Hathaway during which the actress had some lackluster answers to her interview questions. When Kjersti suggested they sing together, Anne straight up turned her down -- and looking back, Kjersti admits the interview continued to go downhill and felt that Anne was being “dismissive” towards her. After the clips were shared on social media, Anne ended up reaching out to Kjersti to apologize for the rude interaction, sharing that she was going through a lot at the time. The pair agreed to keep the exact details of her email private. “Yesterday, I did receive an email. It was from Anne Hathaway’s publicist, and he forwarded a message to me from Anne Hathaway,” she shared in another YouTube video. “I have to say, I was pretty shocked. I had not expected her to reach out to me at all. … She sent me a long email explaining to me what she was going through right then when she did this interview, and she apologized for giving me an awful interview, basically.” 2. Ariana Grande When Cassandra Peterson, AKA Elvira, was recently asked about her rudest celebrity encounter, she confessed she had a bad experience with Ariana Grande. Elvira says Ariana requested 20 tickets to her show at Knott’s Scary Farm and asked if all her family and friends could meet her. When Elvira asked to take a photo with Ariana, she allegedly turned her down, saying “Nah, I don’t really do that.” She then left before Elvira’s performance. When Elvira shared the story on Instagram, Ariana chimed in to respond, sharing she was “so disheartened to see this” and apologizing for the encounter. “i actually don’t even remember getting the chance to meet you because i had an anxiety attack and to my memory, left before the rest of my family (this was around 7 years ago and at the time i was really not great with being in public crowds or loud places) ... but if i’m misremembering this moment, i sincerely apologize for offending you so,” she wrote. She continued, “thank you for being so nice to my mom, she told me how lovely you were (she might have different feelings about that now but i’ll talk to her… clearly, we all have our days!) sending love always. ♡ you’ll always be our queen of halloween!” 3. Candace Cameron Bure In 2022, JoJo Siwa claimed that Candace Cameron Bure was the rudest celebrity she had ever met. While there were quite a few moments of back and forth between the women, JoJo finally explained that the negative experience happened when she was a little girl and Candace snubbed her when she wanted to take a photo at a Fuller House premiere red carpet. “I think it just was an inconvenient time for her, and little 11-year-old me was just so pumped up and so excited, but that doesn’t mean she’s the worst human ever,” JoJo explained. “It just, you know, it was a rough experience for me.” Candace ended up reaching out to JoJo and they had a 10-minute conversation on the phone during which Candace apologized. “I said, ‘JoJo, I’m so sorry’…I kind of broke your 11-year-old heart. I didn’t take a photo with you. I feel crummy. JoJo, I’m so sorry. I said, ‘Please know, especially as a mom, it breaks my heart that you feel that way. And I’m sorry to your mom too that I did that to her daughter,’” Candace said in a video. 4. Lea Michele Lea Michele was once accused by a former Glee co-star of being incredibly rude on set. Samantha Ware decided to speak out after she took issue with Lea sharing support of the Black Lives Matter movement, especially because she felt that Lea had made “traumatic microaggressions” against her and made her life a “living hell” on the show’s set. “Remember when you made my first television gig a living hell?!?! Cause I’ll never forget,” Ware tweeted in all caps. “I believe you told everyone that if you had the opportunity you would ‘s--t in my wig!’ amongst other traumatic microaggressions that made me question a career in Hollywood.” Upon learning of the tweet, Lea issued a lengthy apology, saying she was sorry for her behavior and “any pain” which she caused. She wrote that it had made her realize that she needed to “take the time to listen and learn about other people’s perspectives and any role we have pla