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🗓️ 21 January 2022
⏱️ 57 minutes
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0:00.0 | BBC Sounds Music Radio Podcasts |
0:04.4 | Hello, I'm Anita Rani and welcome to Woman's Hour from BBC Radio 4. |
0:10.1 | Well, it's trending on Twitter today Adele's tearful apology for having to postpone her |
0:15.5 | Vegas residency the day before the first concert because of COVID. Here it is. |
0:20.9 | Hi, I'm so sorry, but my show ain't ready. You've tried absolutely everything that we can |
0:34.0 | to pull it together in time and for it to be good enough for you, but we've been absolutely |
0:39.1 | destroyed by delivery delays and COVID, half my crew, half my team at the time of COVID, |
0:45.5 | the place that are and it's been impossible to finish the show and I can't give you what |
0:52.3 | I have right now and I'm gutted. I'm gutted and I'm sorry that last minute we've been |
0:58.6 | awake for over 30 hours and I'm trying to figure out and we've run out of time and I'm |
1:09.6 | upset and I'm really embarrassed and I'm so sorry to everyone that's travelled again. |
1:16.6 | I'm really, really sorry, I'm really sorry. |
1:23.7 | She seems to feel awful about it and as she says, embarrassed about having to cancel. |
1:29.4 | So this morning I want to know your stories of canceling at the last moment. What did |
1:35.5 | you do and how did you do it? Why did you pull out? Did you fib to get out of it or were |
1:41.3 | you truthful? How embarrassing or awkward was it? Do you use the kids as a convenient |
1:46.2 | excuse or just say that you're not feeling great? Have you lied about not being able |
1:50.0 | to be somewhere and then got found out? Is there something you deeply regret not turning |
1:54.4 | up to? This morning I want you all to fess up and free yourselves of the burden. You |
1:59.2 | can get in touch in the usual way. You can text on 84844 text will be charged at your |
2:04.7 | standard message rate so do check with your network provider for extra costs. You can |
2:09.1 | also contact us via social media. It's at BBC Woman's Hour or you can email us through |
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