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"Cee Lo Green&amp;#xA0;apologized for a 2012 drug incident that led&amp;#xA0;to his exit from The Voice and a string of controversial tweets about rape, while also calling the case &amp;quot;blown out of proportion&amp;quot; on The Steve Harvey Show, The Wrap&amp;#xA0;reports.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;We are human beings and we make mistakes, but I am not my mistakes,&amp;quot; Green said. &amp;quot;I am here, humbled and humanized and with a heartfelt new album that really does address the wisdom and understanding that I got out of the experience. So I&amp;apos;m very fortunate for that.&amp;quot;\r\nIn 2014, Green pleaded no contest&amp;#xA0;to one felony count of furnishing a controlled substance, stemming from a 2012 incident&amp;#xA0;in which a woman accused him of slipping Ecstasy into her drink. As of October, Green had completed his court-mandated 360 hours of community service, but remains on probation.\r\nWhile Green said he had not spoken with the woman recently, their last conversation was amicable. &amp;quot;We walked away from it,&amp;quot; he said. &amp;quot;Really unfortunate, inconvenient for both of us. We both agreed we would like to resume back to real life, it was something that was blown out of proportion. I&amp;apos;m not even at liberty to be so detailed about it, but like I said, it was amicable.&amp;quot;\r\nGreen faced&amp;#xA0;a severe public backlash after&amp;#xA0;his plea when he took to Twitter to defend himself against accusations that he had raped the woman. &amp;quot;If someone is passed out they&amp;apos;re not even WITH you consciously, so WITH implies consent,&amp;quot; he wrote. &amp;quot;People who have really been raped REMEMBER!!!&amp;quot; (Green was not charged with rape, as prosecutors found the sex to be consensual.)\r\nGreen apologized for his comments this summer, calling his actions &amp;quot;highly irresponsible&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;and admitting he was &amp;quot;most certainly not thinking, not considering whom [he] might offend.&amp;quot; Green said&amp;#xA0;he regretted his comments so much&amp;#xA0;that he considered naming his new album, Girl Power, before settling on Heart Blanche. The&amp;#xA0;LP&amp;#xA0;was released in November."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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