No Prompting Should Be Required.

https://news.sky.com/story/ten-dead-and-at-least-15-injured-after-stabbings-in-canada-police-say-12690347

An idea that stupid could never have occurred in a human mind.

So best just own up quickly and get the apology out of the way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4jkfMN6-Ks (Take It Like A Man, The Offspring, 2008, Official Audio).