By Carmel Hayes AFTER 55 years, a Portlaoise man will say farewell to his luxurious moustache in aid of charity. Ray Malone (76) will bravely face the blade…
a whole country full of people who never made a mistake. >> i apologize for the part i took in this. >> did you want to be a part of that press conference? >> i was going to do anything that helped the situation. >> when you say helped the situation, help ray and his career? >> helped the way we looked in the media. helped his image. helped, obviously, his career. they told us earlier that week that we would do the press conference. and i was fine with it. >> did anyone at the ravens say janay, it would be really good if you issued some kind of an apology. >> they suggested it, yes. >> did they come up with the wording? >> not specifically. they gave us a general skrimts. >> i do deeply regret the role that i played in the incident that night. >> and that was frustrating for me because, obviously, people took it as i'm taking light over what ray did.
time and i started to hear amazing things about him. i heard rave reviews. and so you do have to ask the question, how could that guy end up doing that in that elevator. >> i think we all have, like, for a moment, humanness. >> everybody makes mistakes. after this whole situation, you would have think that we were in a whole country full of people who never made a mistake. >> i apologize for the part i took in this. >> did you want to be a part of that press conference? >> i was going to do anything that helped the situation. >> when you say helped the situation, help ray and his career? >> helped the way we looked in the media. helped his image. helped, obviously, his career. they told us earlier that week that we would do the press conference. and i was fine with it. >> did anyone at the ravens say
took in this. and i apologize because for one -- the press conference was something that ray put together. >> did you want to be a part of that press conference? >> i was ready to do anything that was going to help the situation. >> when you say help the situation, help ray and his career? >> both. help the way we looked in the media, help his image, help obviously his career, so, you know, they told us earlier that week we would do the press conference and i was fine with it. >> did anyone at the ravens say, janay, it would be really good if you issue some kind of an apology? >> they suggested it, yes. >> did they come up with the wording? >> no, not specifically. they basically gave us a general script. >> i do deeply regret the role that i played in the incident that night. >> that really -- >> that was frustrating for me because obviously people took it as, you know, i'm taking light off what ray did. >> or giving him an excuse.
following the judge's ruling in favor of rice's appear. so far none of the teams have commented publicly. as rice awaits his fate in the league. we're hearing from his wife, for the first time, jay janay. she opened up about what happened in the elevator in february and the toll the fallout has taken on her family and why she apologized during a news conference in may. >> i apologized for the part i took in this, and i apologized for one, the press conference that -- >> do you want to be a part of that press conference? >> i was ready to do anything that was going help the situation. >> help the situation? help ray and his career? >> help the way we looked in the media, help his image, help, obviously, his career. so, you know, they told us earlier that week we would do the press conference was. i was fine with it. >> did anyone say, janay, it would be good if you issue some