ATTN: CELEBRITIES.

This is how you apologise.

When you’ve said something you really goddamn wish you hadn’t said

in public where someone heard you

, this is how you respectfully repent and move on.

Actor Jonah Hill ( Wolf of Wall Street / This Is The End / Superbad) has been in big trouble this week, rightfully, for using a homophobic slur. When a paparazzo taunted him on the street, Jonah reached for the most offensive thing he could find in the moment. “Suck my dick, you faggot,” was what came out.

Now, most celebrities would issue a damage control statement to the press and move on, knowing their level of fame would protect them from any real fallout.

But not Jonah.

Jonah’s relatively new to Hollywood, and endearingly earnest. He immediately recognised what an awful thing he’d done and stuck his hand up in the air to acknowledge it.

When he visited his buddy Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, Jonah requested a moment to address the incident.

What followed was nothing short of fucking glorious. Here’s Jonah Hill’s sincere, eloquent apology from a truly sorry man. A thousand high fives to Jonah for taking his own deeply flawed choice of insult to make a really important point about the weight of words.

Alec Baldwin? Justin Bieber? Charlize Theron? Are you listening?

This is how you do a proper apology.

Because we totally get that famous humans make mistakes too. We really do. And we want to forgive you when you compare media attention to rape, throw wild insults around, sing a racist song, or say something terrible when you’re angry.

So next time you do any of those things, make like Jonah and fix it.

Here’s Jonah’s apology in text if you can’t watch the video:

Write that down, famous people. Write it down.