Abbie Chatfield has issued a grovelling apology to her followers over an old controversial video, after her boyfriend Adam Hyde was denied entry to the US.
The podcaster, 30, shared a clip in July last year in which she implied 'incels' should harm US President Donald Trump. Speculation has now spread that the video is the reason her DJ partner 'spent all day detained at the Canadian border and denied entry back into the US'.
Abbie has not confirmed if this was the case, but on Tuesday she posted a 10-minute video statement apologising for the controversial clip.
'Since posting that video a year ago, I have done so much growing,' she said. 'I have [done] so much work to really understand the impact of my words and also understand that I need to f***ing think before I speak.'
Abbie went on to argue that her original post was only a joke she made at the expense of 'incels' and the online idolisation of accused killer Luigi Mangione. She insisted she did not seriously call for the assassination of the US President, but conceded that her words had a controversial impact.
'People have said that I have called for the assassination of Trump. I do not want that to happen. I want to be clear,' she said. 'I do NOT believe that political assassinations are positive for anybody. In fact, when Charlie Kirk was assassinated, I said that. I never called for the assassination of [Trump]. This was a punchline that was meant to be about incels and the… bizarre reaction to Luigi Mangione.'
Abbie said her 'joke' was 'misinterpreted', but added that she regrets ever making the video in the first place.
'Looking back on all the things that I've said over my career, there's so much I should have done differently and this video is one of them,' she said. 'But I do want you to know the context and the attempt at a joke that really wasn't funny and also the fact that I did not say President Trump. I did encourage people to do that to President Trump… that was not the intention.'
Abbie finished her video by saying her upcoming national speaking tour will shed a new light on her recent growth as a media personality.
'I want people to understand that I'm genuinely concerned about these topics and I need to redirect my anger into being educational,' she said. 'Yes, still having a laugh, but not in a way that could harm people.'
