Baffling Controversies...

Australian TV reporter Matt Doran has made a lengthy, unreserved apology to Adele for...

Calling her fat? Calling her a boring, untalented singer? 

...failing to listen to her new album before an exclusive interview with the singer, calling the bungle a “terrible mistake”.

Eh..? 

Doran was flown to London for the exclusive interview with Adele in the lead-up to the release of her fourth album, which he described as an “unspeakable privilege””.

Wow, really?!? 

“I made the terrible mistake of assuming we weren’t to be given a preview copy of this album because our interview was airing before it was released and Adele’s album was the industry’s most prized secret,” Doran said.

“The day after we landed in London an email came through from Sony, it didn’t mention Adele but it did contain a link to her album.

“The genuine, deadset, hand on heart truth is that I missed it. By an absurdly long margin the most important email I’ve ever missed in my life.”

If that's true, I suspect life has some lessons in store for you...

Doran said throughout the 29 minutes he was speaking with Adele, the singer was “profound” “funny” and “raw”, opening up about her experience with depression and describing it as “end of the world stuff”.

“But all that doesn’t matter because, by missing the album link, however I might try to justify it, I’ve insulted Adele,” he said.

“To Adele I say, I’ve never knowingly disrespected you by deliberately not listening to your work. I am so sorry.

“I also apologise to Adele’s Australian fans and to … our viewers, who through my error have been denied this interview and the insight to her character.”

What happened, Australia? When did you stop breeding Crocodile Dundees, and start breeding this pathetic specimen?