Apology/PR damage control bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. "lapse in judgement"
2. Out of context
3. passing the buck
4. "I am paying the price"
5. Avoidance of first-person singular
6. "may have inadvertently"
7. "with all due respect"
8. "Inquisition"
9. "what I meant was"
10. BIG SIGH
11. "open heart"
12. "I've been doing a lot of thinking"
13. "your trust"
14. Let's Move On/Forward
15. "taking responsibility"
16. "My accuser(s)"
17. Changes story
18. *Their* motivation
19. "force for change"
20. "I'm being judged"
21. "dialogue"
22. defensive
23. *throwing someone else under the bus*
24. "that's not me"
25. "healing process"
26. "processing"
27. Crying
28. **Vagueness**/lack of specificity
29. "shocked"
30. "those I offended"
31. Spontaneous video
32. "American Way"
33. "misconstrued"
34. Uses animal(s) as sympathy prop
35. "coming to terms"
36. "I was in a dark place"
37. "use my platform"
38. This is different from my usual content
39. "I was exhausted"
40. "I sincerely"
41. "positivity"
42. Humans make mistakes
43. "my humour is edgey"
44. Free Speech
45. Mentions other videos
46. "with the help of my wife/partner"
47. "I regret what happened"
48. "This is not who I am"
49. "respect"
50. I've changed
51. "My record shows"
52. "how I expressed myself"
53. "My attacker(s)"
54. "Ongoing Investigation"
55. "mistakes were made"
56. "I deeply"/"deeply regret"
57. What I said in a private moment
58. Setting up camera
59. "Obviously"
60. CENSORSHIP!
61. "threw me under the bus"
62. Political Correctness
63. *IF* I offended
64. "My black/lady/gay/whatever friend wasn't upset"
65. "All the facts"
66. "love and light"
67. "My sincere"
68. "My entire life/career has been about..."
69. whine whine whine
70. Blame game
71. "I received death threats"
72. noble talk of our/my values
73. "my family"
74. My heart goes out to
75. "it is unfortunate"
76. "Not at all"
77. "a joke"
78. self-aggrandizing
79. "enlightenment"
80. victim blaming
81. "coming to terms"
82. Please continue supporting me
83. reference to trolls
84. This is not who I am
85. I'm sorry to everyone involved
86. concern trolling
87. "those closest to me know"
88. "sorry you misunderstood"
89. I've already apologized
90. I/My team am/are working on this
91. Nobody's perfect
92. I've received a lot of hate for this
93. Dressed up
94. "There is a lot going on in my life"
95. Sorry you feel that way
96. "heartbroken"
97. "sorry if"
98. "My heart goes out to"
99. "Lynch Mob"
100. "authentic"
101. Cancel culture
102. "gift"
103. "spiritual self-discovery"
104. "It distresses me that"
105. reference to political enemies
106. "forgiveness"
107. "it was not my intent"
108. "no one who kows me..."
109. other peoples' negativity