Is anyone else sick of apologies?

It seems like every day in the news I see a headline similar to, “Apologizes for slur”, along with a picture of a celebrity, although they’re often only a celebrity in their field. The latest I’m seeing is Sebastian Lletget, a soccer player who made an anti-gay slur. Newscasters, journalists, golfers, politicians and comics have all apologized publicly for comments they’ve made.

So is it just too hard not to make the comment in the first place, their mouths take over? Or is it a case of saying what you want to say, knowing you can simply say, “sor-r-ry” later?