A minute after the latest episode of Southern Charm finished airing, Shep Rose immediately apologized for his behavior with a blog post. To be honest with you, I wasn’t sure what I was going to read when I read the title of his blog: “I want to Apologize to Her and to Anyone Who Is Offended.” At first, I thought he was going to say sorry for hating on Landon Clements for throwing him a less than raging rollerskating birthday party.
Then I read the entry’s subtitle: “The #SouthernCharm star apologizes for his ‘insensitive’ comment about his friend Bailey.” Then, I immediately remembered what Shep said about Bailey Bial. It wasn’t a highlight of the episode, but still it is a comment that he made about a person who is in his life on a nationally television reality show and that has to be pretty upsetting to her. Not that this makes it right, but he has owned up for his comment both privately and publicly.
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Instead of recapping the episode, Shep‘s Bravo blog entry was just a sincere apology to Bailey. Shep wrote, “On the episode that airs tonight, a comment makes it to air that I deeply regret and am dismayed by. It is in reference to my great friend Bailey who is on the show painting me and generally just being awesome and lovely. My respect and love for her as a friend immeasurable. So, when I saw in the episode that the phrase DTF was used in reference to her, my heart sank.”
This wasn’t a major plot point in the episode and it probably went unnoticed by most viewers, but could you imagine if you were Bailey and tuned in to Southern Charm and heard that? It would be awful.
Shep tried to explain his thought process when he said, “You see, it was a long interview and I try to be funny and irreverent, and sometimes I say things that cross the line. Unfortunately, this insensitive and completely inaccurate comment is one of these times. It was a poor and clumsy attempt at humor.”
A lot of people give Shep flack for being a party boy, but it is really nice to see him act mature by admitting that he was wrong. His friend Bailey is not a cast member on the show so she does not get the opportunity to share who she is, so Shep’s assessment of her was really the only thing that the viewers had to go by. It was nice of him to set the record straight instead of letting that comment define her. It doesn’t make up for saying it, but he’s definitely handling his mistake in the best way possible.
This was not about saving face for the public. It is evident that he genuinely feels bad for making the comment. Shep also made sure that Bailey knew that he was sorry for what he said. Shep wrote, “I’ve spoken with her about it and thankfully she has forgiven me, but it will still be something that wears heavily on me because speaking about women in such a flippant and cavalier way is something that I never, ever want to be associated with.”
It really does seem like Shep is very torn up about upsetting his good friend and he understands the bigger picture about what that comment could convey about his character. He articulated his words very well. I think this apology says a lot about him as person.
Shep also wrote some other sweet sentiments about Bailey, “She is an outstanding person who makes me smile at the thought of her, and I hope we will be lifelong friends.” Aaawww.
And in a #TotalShepMove, he also tacked some party plans onto his apology and I love him for that: “I’ve already promised to take her on a nice vacation somewhere to make up for any embarrassment that I’ve caused. (I’m thinking a summer mountain excursion.)”
It looks like things are cool with Shep and Bailey since she tweeted about his apology (and that vacation offer).
Thank you for the apology @ShepRose, means a lot. Very excited for the summer mountain excursion. https://t.co/AArGyvNSei
— Bailey Bial (@BaileyBial) May 3, 2016
Everyone makes mistakes and says things that they don’t mean. That doesn’t make it right, but Shep definitely made things better with his genuine apology. He is also one of the few reality stars that has sincerely apologized for his actions without being coerced that is pretty impressive as well.
TELL US – WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT SHEP’S “DTF” REMARK AND APOLOGY? WAS HE SINCERE?
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