Seven Sunrise host Matt Doran issues on-air apology to Adele

Weekend Sunrise host Matt Doran reveals details of the ill-fated interview with the world’s biggest singing star | WATCH

Matt Doran issues his apology to Adele.

Weekend Sunrise host Matt Doran has issued an on-air apology to one of the world’s biggest singing sensations, Adele, after his botched interview made international headlines for all the wrong reasons.

The 37-year-old spoke on the Seven’s weekend breakfast show on Saturday to address the fallout from the troubled interview where he conceded to the star he had failed to listen to her new album ahead of interviewing in London.

Doran said he had copped a “torrent of abuse and mockery from around the world” and said it was something he wanted to “apologise” to both Adele and her Australian fans.

It was Doran’s first public on-air apology since the disaster was made public last week.

He profusely apologised for the mishap that occurred during the 29-minute interview which left the music star offended after she learned he had not heard her latest album.

“If I’m being honest with you the bulk of this savaging I deserve and I totally own,” Doran said during the heartfelt on-air apology.

“I flew to London to interview Adele, an unspeakable privilege and what was to be one of the highlights of my career, 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.”

Music sensation Adele. Picture: Getty Images

Doran went on to explain that the day after he landed in London an email came through from her music company, Sony, with a link to her new fourth album, Adele’s 30, which he missed seeing in his inbox.

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

“The interview itself, Adele didn’t walk out, it ran over time.

“We spoke of the paradox is being the world’s most famous artist but hating fame.”

He said Adele was “raw and honest” and went on to describe her battle with depression as “end of the world stuff”.

Doran and his Channel 7 crew in London. Picture: Instagram

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

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

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

As a result of the error Sony would not release the interview for airing.

The album has already soared to the top of the UK charts, making it a record-breaking return for the popular artist.

Last week the channel aired a two-hour special, Adele, One Night Only, and it attracted 804,000 viewers across the five major metropolitan cities.

Seven would not comment.