Nelly appears in sex video “never meant to go public”; issues a public apology to the woman involved

After igniting social media on Tuesday with a NSFW sex video, Nelly has issued a public apology to the woman in the clip

A video of the “Hot in Herre” rapper engaged in oral sex with a female appeared on his Instagram Story, and after going viral, it was deleted.

“I sincerely apologize to the young lady and her family, this is unwanted publicity for her/them,” Nelly said in a statement to TMZ. “This was an old video that was private and never meant to go public.” A rep for the three-time Grammy believes the video was posted after his account was hacked.

Nelly was also trending last month when he criticized Madonna for exposing her buttocks on Instagram. He inspired a male/female social media battle when he commented about her photo, “Somethings just should be left covered up.”