2009 celebrity apologies ranked

Celebrity apologies of 2009 have been ranked in the US, with that by one of Tiger Woods’s alleged mistresses coming out as the least sincere.

The poll said an apology made by Jaimee Grubbs to the wife of Woods, Elin Nordegren, for an alleged 31-month affair with the golfer ranked as the least sincere of celebrity apologies.

HCD Research used its MediaCurves.com web site from January to December 2009 to survey an undisclosed number of people in the US who ranked five celebrity apologies on a scale of sincerity.

Chris Brown’s apology for assaulting Rihanna was ranked most sincere and was followed by David Letterman’s sex scandal confession, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford’s apology for his affair and Letterman’s other apology – for a joke about a daughter of former Alaska governor, Sarah Palin.