Chelsea Peretti parodies Adele's apology video, totally nails it

"I've pushed it on so many occasions..."
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LONDON -- Chelsea Peretti wants you all to know that she's really sorry.

In a series of videos that parody the apology posted by Adele after she had to cancel a gig due to sickness last week, Peretti expresses her deepest regrets that she won't be appearing on social media until "most likely tomorrow or even later tonight".

"Okay guys listen I'm really sick and I'm so sorry, I hate to cancel on being on social media," she coughs in the clips. "But I've, like, pushed it on so many occasions when I shouldn't be on social media and now I'm paying for it..."


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Here are Peretti's three videos in full.

She's really got that fake cough down.

Overall, it's pretty hard to fault her performance.

And in case you haven't seen it, here's Adele's original apology video.

To be fair to Peretti, she is sort of convincing.

She really went the extra mile, too -- just look at this behind-the-scenes clip she posted showing how she did her makeup.

Top marks for effort.

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Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.

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