{"id":296125,"date":"2011-03-09T17:19:59","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T17:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/09\/snappy-snaps-manager-accepts-george-michaels-sincere-on-air-apology\/"},"modified":"2011-03-09T17:19:59","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T17:19:59","slug":"snappy-snaps-manager-accepts-george-michaels-sincere-on-air-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/09\/snappy-snaps-manager-accepts-george-michaels-sincere-on-air-apology\/","title":{"rendered":"Snappy Snaps manager accepts George Michael&#8217;s sincere on air apology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"133.369312437\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\nBy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/home\/search.html?s=y&#038;authornamef=Daily+Mail+Reporter\" rel=\"nofollow\">Daily Mail Reporter<\/a><br \/>Last updated at 5:19 PM on 9th March 2011<\/p>\n<p>George Michael was left red-faced today when he apologised on-air to the manager of the Snappy Snaps store he famously crashed into last summer.<\/p>\n<p>The former Wham! star gave a &#8216;sincere&#8217; apology on-air on the Capital FM breakfast show this morning when host Johnny Vaughan called store manager John.<\/p>\n<p>The boss of the Hampstead, North London branch of the photographic chain graciously accepted the apology, but jokingly requested the singer visit through the front door next time.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"10\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/7f246692887_468x680.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"680\" alt=\"Embarrassed; George Michael, pictured over the weekend, apologised to the manager of Snappy Snaps on Capital FM this morning\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Embarrassed; George Michael, pictured over the weekend, apologised to the manager of Snappy Snaps on Capital FM this morning<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On the London station to promote his new single, a cover of New Order&#8217;s True Faith, the 47-year-old was stunned when Vaughan offered to phone the manager.<\/p>\n<p>The pair and Vaughan&#8217;s co-host Lisa Snowdon has been discussing Michael&#8217;s one month in prison.<\/p>\n<p>Vaughan said: &#8216;If you wanna put this behind you, I can phone the manager&#8230;&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Michael initially declined, preferring an apology just on the airwaves in the hope the manager would be listening.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;No, no, it&#8217;s ok, I can say sorry to him now. He gave me the benefit of the doubt and it seems a nice guy.&#8217;<\/p>\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/a3e45257208_468x354.jpg.jpg\" width=\"468\" height=\"354\" alt=\"'Can you visit through the front door next time?' Michael crashed into the front of the Hampstead store in July\" class=\"blkBorder\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Can you visit through the front door next time?&#8217; Michael crashed into the front of the Hampstead store in July<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But then Vaughan ended up phoning John anyway and put the singer on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>Michael said: &#8216;I&#8217;m genuinely and sincerely sorry for smashing into your shop.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Taking the apology in good nature, John replied: &#8216;That&#8217;s no problem. It would be nice if you could come through the front door one day soon.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>When asked if business was booming following Michael&#8217;s smash, John revealed: &#8216;We have a lot of people outside taking pictures.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Writing on his Twitter afterward, Michael said: &#8216;That bit where they sprang the shop owner on me was a bit naughty&#8230; and then announced it on their 8.30 news slot!!!&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The Fast Love singer drove his Range Rover into the front of the Hampstead branch of the photographic chain while under the influence of drugs in July last year.<\/p>\n<p>After pleading guilty to driving under the influence, he was sentenced to two months in prison.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The singer, whose real name is Georgios Panayiotou, was initially taken<br \/>\nto Pentonville Prison in north London, where former inmates include<br \/>\nOscar Wilde and Boy George &#8211; who was one of many fellow celebrities to<br \/>\nwrite to him in prison. <\/p>\n<p>Michael revealed he has not spoken to Sir Elton John &#8216;for a long time&#8217;,<br \/>\nbut said: &#8216;He wrote to me in the nick which was nice, and so did Boy<br \/>\nGeorge write me a lovely letter.<\/p>\n<p>Michael was later downgraded from a category C prisoner to category D<br \/>\nand transferred to Highpoint Prison, an open prison in Suffolk.<\/p>\n<p>Although he is releasing new material after been inspired by his time behind bars, he insisted he didn&#8217;t write any tracks during his sentence.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8216;I didn&#8217;t do a thing in there. I had a kettle and I had a television and that&#8217;s all I needed. The rest of the time I spent reading letters. I had about 7,000 or 8,000.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>During his Capital FM interview, he also dismissed speculation he had been in talks to become a judge on The X Factor.<\/p>\n<p>He explained: &#8216;I&#8217;m confused because (Simon Cowell) hasn&#8217;t called me and said anything of the sort.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>To listen to the interview, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/ondemandpopout.musicradio.com\/station\/1\/audio\/153289\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Capital FM&#8217;s on-line audio.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end(name=s2) --><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/7f246692887_468x680.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The rest is here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-1364610\/Snappy-Snaps-manager-accepts-George-Michaels-air-apology.html?ITO=1490\" title=\"Snappy Snaps manager accepts George Michael's sincere on air apology\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Snappy Snaps manager accepts George Michael&#8217;s sincere on air apology<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:19 PM on 9th March 2011 George Michael was left red-faced today when he apologised on-air to the manager of the Snappy Snaps store he famously crashed into last summer. The former Wham! star gave a &#8216;sincere&#8217; apology on-air on the Capital FM breakfast show this morning when host Johnny Vaughan called store manager John. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Snappy Snaps manager accepts George Michael&#039;s sincere on air apology - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/09\/snappy-snaps-manager-accepts-george-michaels-sincere-on-air-apology\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Snappy Snaps manager accepts George Michael&#039;s sincere on air apology - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 5:19 PM on 9th March 2011 George Michael was left red-faced today when he apologised on-air to the manager of the Snappy Snaps store he famously crashed into last summer. 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