‘I am so sorry’: Meghan Trainor apologizes over ‘careless’ remarks about teachers and says anger over school shootings led to misguided comments
Meghan Trainor said she’s sorry about comments she made about teachers on a recent podcast, saying that her anger over the spate of school shootings led to the misguided remarks.
‘Teachers of TikTok and teachers of the world, I recently said “F teachers” on the podcast and it’s not how I feel,’ the 29-year-old singer-songwriter said in a clip of TikTok Sunday.
The outspoken musical artist continued: ‘I was fired up because we were talking about how sending your kid to school here in America is so horrific.’
The Nantucket, Massachusetts native said that she was caught up in the moment while on her podcast, Workin’ On It, alongside her brother Ryan Trainor, 30, and guest, influencer Trisha Paytas, 34.
She said that both Paytas and her sibling conveyed negative past experiences with educators, leading her to make the flippant remark.
The latest: Meghan Trainor, 29, said she’s sorry about comments she made about teachers on a recent podcast, saying that her anger over the spate of school shootings led to the misguided remarks
The All About That Bass artist, who is expecting her second child with husband Daryl Sabara – the couple are parents to two-year-old son Riley – clarified she ‘did not mean’ to aim the remark at ‘all teachers.’
Trainor added, ‘I love teachers, I fight for teachers. I think they have the hardest job and they are the most underpaid.
‘They are the most unappreciated when they literally raise all of us. I don’t want to make excuses, I just want to [say,] I am so sorry.’
The episode of the podcast Wednesday was focused on parenting, as Paytas and her spouse Moses Hacmon welcomed daughter Malibu last September.
Trainor said that she and her husband were planning on homeschooling their children when the time comes, as they are alarmed by what they see on social media in reaction to the ongoing epidemic of school shootings in America.
She said, ‘Everyone on TikTok is like, “This is what it’s like having kids in America. I have a bulletproof backpack.” I was like, “F*** all that” … f*** teachers, dude.’
The Grammy-winning artist said that she was chalking the chain of events up to a learning experience.
‘I am so sorry to any teachers I made feel bad and I will remind myself that my words definitely could have a consequence and I will be more careful,’ she said.
Trainor said, ‘Teachers of TikTok and teachers of the world, I recently said “F teachers” on the podcast and it’s not how I feel’
The All About That Bass artist, who is expecting her second child with husband Daryl Sabara – the couple are parents to two-year-old son Riley – clarified she ‘did not mean’ to aim the remark at ‘all teachers’
The Nantucket, Massachusetts native said that she was caught up in the moment while on her podcast, Workin’ On It, alongside her brother Ryan Trainor, 30, and guest, influencer Trisha Paytas, 34