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A message on his website said that Moby was
canceling "all upcoming public appearances for the foreseeable
future." It was posted three days before he was due to start the
UK leg of a tour to promote his memoir "Then It Fell Apart."
The electronic dance musician found himself mired in controversy
last week after claiming in the book that Portman flirted with
him and asked him for a date in 2001, when she was a rising
star.
The Oscar-winning "Black Swan" actress told Harper's Bazaar last
week that she was surprised to hear him describe it as dating.
She called his behavior at the time inappropriate and added, "my
recollection is a much older man being creepy with me when I
just had graduated high school.
"He said I was 20; I definitely wasn't. I was a teenager. I had
just turned 18. That he used this story to sell his book was
very disturbing to me," added Portman, now 37.
Moby apologized to Portman, saying in an Instagram post earlier
this week; "I accept that given the dynamic of our almost 14
year age difference I absolutely should've acted more
responsibly and respectfully when Natalie and I first met almost
20 years ago."
"I’m going to go away for awhile," the singer, 53, added in a
posting on Tuesday. "But before I do I want to apologize again,
and to say clearly that all of this has been my own fault."
Representatives for Portman, who is a supporter of the Time's Up
movement against sexual harassment, declined further comment on
Wednesday.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Dan Grebler)
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