I think there's a huge difference between owning it, and paying penance for it with celebrities.
In the world of the rich and famous, especially those with a fan base, it seems to be easier to get off the hook with an I'm sorry, I did bad, and a time out, whee they basically go hang out on their boat while driving sports cars around their personal track on their Island or at their $5 million dollar summer home.
These guys and girls appeal to an all too familiar and forgiving fanbase, I'm a big fan and love his/her songs/comedy/movies, so he's sorry leave britney alone.
I'm a huge cynic when it comes to apology without atonement. Owning it in a public apology is meaningless, what has been done to change the behavior, spread the message, help a victim.
I've often said that things like the Metoo movement is great in one aspect, but what's it really done for the victim that's not famous, those guys and girls that came to Hollywood, were passed from casting couch to casting couch and went home broken. That should be just as much of a story as a celebrity who is almost using the movement as a rebranding statement.
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