Nuno Bettencourt apologizes to Fortus for comments on GUNS N' ROSES's Slash and playing w/ Rihanna

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Nuno Bettencourt apologizes to Fortus for comments on GUNS N' ROSES's Slash and playing w/ Rihanna

Nuno Bettencourt has posted an opology video ... to Richard Fortus .. Nuni has performed with Rihanna for many years and talked about the diversity of playing with that style of music .. he has apologized for his recent comments that seemed to be directed to GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash.

In a recent interview with Planet Rock ... he stated he looks up to Slash and they Slash may not be able handle the musical diversity of a Rihanna concert.

"When somebody like Rihanna reaches out to you to perform everybody thinks 'oh, that's cute. It's a pop artist, whatever,'" . "Let me tell you something, what I had to do night after night… put on a reggae hat [for one song] with a reggae feel, and go into R&B, then go into some punk rock and pop rock that she did, and then club tracks. All sorts of [things], all those different feels.
"I'm sorry, most of the guitar players who I admire could not in their lifetime play that gig," he added. "I mean that in the most complimentary way possible.

"Slash is one of the greatest rock guitar players of all time but I guarantee — and he'd be the first to tell you — that if he jumps up and he's got to play a clean intro to 'Rude Boy' from Rihanna, it ain't happening." "I believe that if I wasn't that diverse musically and accept everything I grew up on, there's no way that I would have been in these rooms. And also being open, being an open musician in the sense of 'up for anything.'

GUNS N' ROSES bandmate Richard Fortus defended Slash saying: "I have to respectfully disagree. @nunobettencourtofficial is one of the greats, for sure. However, there is very little @slash couldn't do on guitar (if he wanted to). I toured with Rihanna prior to Nuno and I've spent a lot of time playing with Slash. This gig wouldn't be a struggle for him."

apology here https://www.instagram.com/p/CvMCkd-qhRR/

Nuno Bettencourt apologizes to Fortus for comments on GUNS N' ROSES's Slash and playing w/ Rihanna
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