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Rock singer gives tearful second apology for kicking female photographer
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This file photo taken on February 2, 2017 shows "Queens of the Stone Age" frontman Josh Homme attending the premiere of 'Eagles of Death Metal' at the Avalon Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Homme apologized on December 10, 2017, as he came under fire for kicking a press photographer, who said she spent the night in the hospital. The rock guitarist and vocalist was playing Saturday in Los Angeles at an annual holiday festival of radio station KROQ when video shows him slamming his foot into the face of a photographer in the pit next to the stage. (Agence France -Presse/Mark Ralston)
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ead singer of the band Queens of the Stone Age Josh Homme has issued a second apology after kicking a female photographer in the face during a performance in Los Angeles.
The rock guitarist and vocalist was playing Saturday in Los Angeles at an annual holiday festival of radio station KROQ when video shows him slamming his foot into the face of a photographer in the pit next to the stage.
Chelsea Lauren, who shoots for Shutterstock, an agency that provides stock photos, said she spent the night in the emergency room and Sunday was still suffering a sore neck, a bruise in the eyebrow and nausea.
— QOTSA (@qotsa) December 11, 2017
"I''ve made a lot of mistakes in my life and last night was definitely one of them," Homme said. "I apologize for that to you. I want to be a good man but I think last night I definitely failed at that. That means I failed my family and my friends as well. I don't want them to ever be ashamed or embarrassed about being around me or knowing me."
Soon after the incident, Homme issued the first apology, saying that "in a state of being lost in performance" and also kicked equipment.
"I would never intentionally cause harm to anyone working at or attending one of our shows and I hope Chelsea will accept my sincere apology," he wrote on Twitter.
