Apologize

You know that type of public event when someone well known says something, perhaps in jest or while drunk or perhaps even with every intention of saying it, but then there is a general public outcry because what they said was racially insensitive or demeaning to women or denied the Holocaust or something along those line? Well, apparently, saying that you're not sure about global warming now means that you need to issue a formal, pubic apology. Just FYI.