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It's the account of multiple people who he was apologizing to. He never disputed the content of his apology either, only that they misinterpreted what he was intending to say. Which might be so. It's not really relevant because, as I said, the fact he apologized is enough for me to excuse his presence in WWE.
As for Tess, she addressed Chelsea directly. And then tweeted this afterwards.
Seems like a significant chance this is pertaining to the racist remark, since she had already acknowledged Chelsea.
As for me... well, I'll never have to worry about making an apology for hateful comments. But if I did, I can say with absolute certainty that I would do it the moment I was confronted with it. I get your point that she has a lot riding but if she did it, she should apologize. And that's all there is to it to me.