Ariel Pink has had a, shall we say, somewhat contentious relationship with feminism in the past, and this week, those tensions flared up again following online reports that he drunkenly manhandled his girlfriend, who sings in his live band, during a recent show in San Francisco. His girlfriend herself has said that they were just messing around and seemed pretty pissed off about the whole controversy, but now Pink has taken to Twitter to “touch base” with his fanbase and apologize for his behavior onstage. Find his tweets below.

Uh oh: I've just been informed. someone's writing a HIT piece on me-

— Ariel Pink (@arielxpink) October 9, 2017

Someone recommended I touch base with my fanbase which I guess is u @twitter

— Ariel Pink (@arielxpink) October 18, 2017

Rant #1 my first night in SF waaz a blast. I got very drunk and overdid everything wrecked my vocal chords and managed offend with my antics

— Ariel Pink (@arielxpink) October 18, 2017

Over the next three nights I toned the 'theatrics' but not the voice. Admittedly maus was a hard act to follow and i was nervous

— Ariel Pink (@arielxpink) October 18, 2017

Sometimes I alienate when I should aim to inspire. This, for instance. STOP

— Ariel Pink (@arielxpink) October 18, 2017

I'm tone deaf and not sensitive enough to the real plight of women these days. my behavior onstage was gross and I can't defend it

— Ariel Pink (@arielxpink) October 18, 2017

And here are his girlfriend’s tweets:

Wow. Turns out a girl can't have fun with her boyfriend on stage without being victimized by feminists. Could not be more bummed.

— Charlotte Ercoli (@Charlesdecrema) October 17, 2017

Feminists r trying to victimize me for consensually wrestling/manhandling my bf on stage. It's the oppression olympics. Im not competing

— Charlotte Ercoli (@Charlesdecrema) October 17, 2017

Don't feel bad for me. Feel bad for my boyfriend. Those are heavy words Y'all. Take it from me between ariel and I I'm the creep

— Charlotte Ercoli (@Charlesdecrema) October 17, 2017

If pichtfork wants to write a hit piece on ariel about how he treats me they should interciew ME. That is if they care about the truth??

— Charlotte Ercoli (@Charlesdecrema) October 17, 2017