Rod Stewart sorry for mock execution video
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Rod Stewart has apologized for a video in which he appears to pretend to execute a man on a beach.
The rocker's wife Penny Lancaster, shared the since-deleted video on her Instagram page captioning it, "Rod Stewart (leader) band doing a ‘Beatles’ sand dune crossing."
In the video, Stewart and several friends including his wife are seen walking along sand dunes in Abu Dhabi. At one point, Stewart gets a man to kneel on the ground in front of him. He then proceeds to making a cutting motion across the man's throat.
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Many people were offended by the mock execution video saying it was eerily similar to ISIS beheading videos that have been shared online.
"From re-enacting the Beatles' 'Abbey Road' crossing to spontaneously playing out 'Game Of Thrones,' we were simply larking about pre-show," Stewart said in a statement to The Sun. "Understandably, this has been misinterpreted and I send my deepest apologies to those who have been offended."
Lancaster has deleted the video but a picture of herself and Stewart on the beach remains on her Instagram account. Stewart was in Abu Dhabi for a concert.
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