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The Dog Apologizes

Dog ChapmanDuane Dog Chapman has issued the following statement apologizing for his racist tirade caught on tape:

"My sincerest, heartfelt apologies go out to every person I have offended for my regrettable use of very inappropriate language. I am deeply disappointed in myself for speaking out of anger to my son and using such a hateful term in a private phone conversation. It was completely taken out of context. I was disappointed in his choice of a friend, not due to her race, but her character. However, I should have never used that term.

I have the utmost respect and aloha for black people – who have already suffered so much due to racial discrimination and acts of hatred. I did not mean to add yet another slap in the face to an entire race of people who have brought so many gifts to this world. I am ashamed of myself and I pledge to do whatever I can to repair this damage I have caused. In Hawaii, we have something called Ho'oponopono, where people come together to resolve crises and restore peace and balance.

I am meeting with my spiritual advisor, Rev. Tim Storey, and hope to meet with other black leaders so they can see who I really am and teach me the right thing to do to make things right, again. I know that all of my fans are deeply disappointed in me, as well, as I have tried to be a model for doing the right thing. I did not do the right thing this time, and hope you will forgive me. We learn from our mistakes, as my story of overcoming a life of crime has proven, and I will learn from this one for the rest of my life."



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541. TO ALL OF YOU PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO LOW RATE DOG AND CREW I WOULD LIKE TO SAY GROW UP ........
HE IS BY FAR NO RACIST HE IS THE BEST OF THE BEST AND ALLWAYS WILL BE TO ME AND MY FAMILY
GOD BLESS YOU DUANE AND CREW

Posted at 5:09PM on Nov 6th 2007 by TXANGEL

542. my family and i have watched this guy for some time now not knowing the true content of his heart it hurt our hearts deeply to hear these words coming from a man whom we had come to respect for is efforts . his apologizing to little to late and only his pockets talking . from the abundance of his heart he spoke and nothing can change that if he didn't mean it he wouldn't have said it thats one thing you learn from watching his show he always has it together and the only thing he is sorry for is that he got caught s or my family and-myself we will not support anything affiliated with this man

Posted at 6:57PM on Nov 6th 2007 by pastor livingston

543. ~ OMG you can't blame him for the way and envirment he was raised in. A lot of people from the mid-west say the word, i mean he made a mistake yeah, but seeing how hes turned his life around and made a good example of ex cons, he should be forgiven. That girl just saw a way to help people hate him, because she hates him and she called a news company. That bitch. I love you DOG i and I will never stop supporting you.

~Limey, Buffalo, NY~

Posted at 9:06AM on Dec 17th 2007 by Limey

544. I think that people should stay out of DOG and his family personal stuff! Its nobodys business!! What he does behind the camera is his own business. Him and his son were fighting. You say stuff u dont mean when u are mad! Hang in there Dog and family! Still a big Fan! God Bless You guys! U will be fine!

Posted at 7:03PM on Nov 6th 2007 by Brandi

545. Yes...Dog made bad verbal choices...yes...they offended most people...yes...we get it!
But please keep in mind that Dog has taken over 6,000 criminals off the street so they cannot come in to your childrens/mothers/sisters bedrooms at night and mutilate them with them with their crack pipes. What was the last thing all of you hiprocyte derelects did (besides blog hateful comments) to help the human race????
Dog is rad and all Dog haters can suck it!
Aloha :)

Posted at 2:16PM on Nov 7th 2007 by C. & G. 4 D.O.G.

546. PEOPLE ARE JUST WISHING THEY WERE DOG THERES ONLY ONE DOG CHAPMAN AND IN DOG WE TRUST THE DEALERS OF DRUGS ARE JUST MAD THAT HES WHO HE IS AND THE N WORD GETS OUTA CONTROL I GUESS KILL THE RAPERS THEN AND THERE WORD WITH N WORD LETS START THERE YOU K _SS _OLES WHITTIER

Posted at 9:04PM on Nov 6th 2007 by lynnette

547. The comments are part of the heart. The Bible says "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks." I will not judge him but forgive him. We all have made statements in which if heard would have offended any race of person. Be forgiving and you to will be forgiven. Best of luck to Dewayne Dog Chapman.

African American Male

Posted at 6:46PM on Nov 8th 2007 by Frank

548. Let's see here.. A taped private telephone conversation with a sibling makes it to the publics hands and the content now becomes everybodys business and costs the guy his job. I don't care what Dog looks like or what his past sums up to be. A private conversation is just that.. private. The low life jackass here is the guy who made it public.. Not Dog. I'm sure most of you have said crap in private not meant for others to hear that could do your life some damage too.
Give the guy a break!!

Posted at 9:57PM on Nov 6th 2007 by Rick in Reno

549. TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY I STAND BEHIND YOU 100% WE HAVE ALL SAID THINGS WHEN ANGRY THAT WE CANT TAKE BACK. I HAVE ALOT OF RESPECT FOR ALL THE THINGS YOU HAVE DONE IN YOU LIFE. ALL ITS TAKES IS ONE MISTAKE IN LIFE TO HAVE THE PUBLIC GO APE. I STILL BELIEVE IN ALL THAT YOU DO. I PRAY THIS PASSES AND YOU CAN GET BACK TO DOING WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

Posted at 10:41PM on Nov 6th 2007 by Brenda

550. This man, truly is sorry. His problem was that he was fed up with his son and he got carried away with his anger. He's one person who is very sorry. Maybe, this will teach us all a lesson and erase this horrible word from our memory. While we're at it the rappers can do the same. They are their own worse enemy. Dog, keep the faith.

Posted at 6:16AM on Nov 7th 2007 by myopinion

551. Finally someone was able to make A&E wake up. Dog you and Beth are the rudest, ugliest people on earth. You lie to make yourself look good. Crying over your dads grave what a joke why did you not attend his funeral, hmmmmmmmm because you have stepped on your whole family and they dont want you around. You never raised Christopher only destroyed him when you came into his life. What about dont take your meds just smoke a joint. that is from you dog. You two have given his parents more grief than they deserve. If you are such a good person why not help out his adoptive mother instead of causing her more heartache. You were suppose to be in love with her for over 10 years and you said that in front of a bunch of us. Give up dog you got caught in your true form not the tv show.

Posted at 2:41PM on Nov 8th 2007 by Dawn B

552. Vote Obama 2008
Barack Obama for President

Posted at 7:12AM on Nov 7th 2007 by VOTE

553. Vote Obama 2008
Barack Obama for President

MALCOLM X

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."

"We are nonviolent with people who are nonviolent with us."

"Don't be in a hurry to condemn because he doesn't do what you do or think as you think or as fast. There was a time when you didn't know what you know today."

"My alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity."

"Stumbling is not falling."

"There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance next time."

“They put your mind right in a bag, and take it wherever they want.”

"We didn't land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock landed on us."

"Concerning nonviolence, it is criminal to teach a man not to defend himself when he is the constant victim of brutal attacks."

"A race of people is like an individual man; until it uses its own talent, takes pride in its own history, expresses its own culture, affirms its own selfhood, it can never fulfill itself."

"I for one believe that if you give people a thorough understanding of what confronts them and the basic causes that produce it, they'll create their own program, and when the people create a program, you get action."

"If you're not ready to die for it, put the word 'freedom' out of your vocabulary."

Posted at 7:16AM on Nov 7th 2007 by MALCOLM X ALIVE

554. I'll dislike Dog as soon as Rap Music stops disrespecting women. If A&E is going to take off his show radio stations should stop playing rap. What a double standard in the entertainment industry. The way I see the son is the chump. Partners come and go MOM AND DAD is FOREVER. Doesn't make what he said right but it was a Private conversation.

Posted at 10:17PM on Nov 7th 2007 by I

555. Well Dog, I bet that you and Don Imus can work together on the Howard Stern show. Oh, perhaps you can appear on Larry King and shed a few tears also. I guess that your family prayers often displayed on TV did not help much either. As for your son selling the tape, thats a real testiment of the family bond and he should attend your spiritual meetings with you.

Posted at 4:21PM on Nov 8th 2007 by Charlie

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