Nuno Bettencourt has posted a video on Instagram to apologize Guns N’ Roses guitarists Richard Fortus and Slash for his ‘ridiculous attack’ over the last few weeks, and Fortus responded. Nuno said:
“It’s Nuno here. Listen, this little what people are saying, spat between Richard Fortus and I, the comments that I made and the post that he made, and the shit that I said about playing Rihanna, it’s ridiculous. I’m not that guy. I don’t want to be that guy. I’m not interested in this shit. It actually makes me sick…”
He continued:
“Bottom line is, this is on me. I need to keep my fucking mouth shut. I got asked a question about Rihanna, and my answer was ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous. I’ll take full responsibility for it… I tried to make a point, but it kind of backfired on me. I do a lot of press, and every once in a while, you say stupid shit…”
The exchange between Fortus and Nuno started as a result of an interview Bettencourt recently did with Planet Rock, where he said:
“Slash is one of the greatest rock guitar players of all time but I guarantee – and he’d be the first to tell you – that if he jumps up and he’s got play a clean intro to ‘Rude Boy’ from Rihanna, it ain’t happening.”
Fortus, posted a screenshot of Nuno’s interview on his Instagram, and wrote in the caption:
“[Bettencourt] is one of the greats, for sure. However, there is very little Slash couldn’t do on guitar. I toured with Rihanna prior to Nuno, and I’ve spent a lot of time playing with Slash. This gig wouldn’t be a struggle for him.”
After the back on forth on social media, Nuno once again apologized and said in his four-minute video on his Instagram:
“Richard sorry brother. This is ridiculous, you had a complete right to defend your bro, even if it was in the lightest way or whatever it was; you are correct. I don’t like hurting people, I don’t like talking bad about anybody, and this is all coming from me… It came across as very arrogant, it came across very offensive, and people love this shit. They’re feeding off of it.”
Nuno also mentioned that he wouldn’t mind grabbing a drink with Fortus by saying:
“Honestly, man, it’s ridiculous. Let’s stop this bullshit. I hope to have a beer with Richard sometime soon and just have a laugh about it because this is just stupid. It’s just ridiculous.”
Richard commented under Nuno’s post and wrote:
“Contacting you directly to make arrangements for that beer.”
You can watch Nuno Bettencourt’s Instagram video here.
