What Does This Mean?
A public apology video, most associated with YouTube creators, in which the speaker visibly cries or tears up. The label is often used skeptically, suggesting the tears are staged to look sincere; it is a specific delivery style inside the broader apology-video genre.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
""The thumbnail already has the red eyes and the no-makeup face, so it is a crying apology before you even press play.""
LORE & ORIGIN
Wikipedia's article on apology videos describes them as a crisis-communication genre and a YouTube meme, and notes that creators may pretend to cry to seem relatable or sincere, with teary thumbnails and little or no makeup as common signs. It gives no dates for the crying form and does not date the phrase "crying apology" itself. This entry covers the tearful variant; the general format is covered by Apology Video and YouTube Apology.
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