Priscilla Ceballos, the woman who coached her daughter into lying so she could win a Hannah Montana contest says she’s sorry — oh, and that she never intended to mislead the sponsor.

“Instead I brought so much negative attention to my family,” Ceballos said, reading a statement on NBC’s “Today” show.

Gee, ya think?

“Please accept my heartfelt apology and please do not punish my child for my mistake.”

Fine. Can we flay you instead?

“I just wanted to help my daughter write a compelling story,” she said. “There is no more compelling story than the struggle and sacrifices of our military and their families.”

Translation: “That’s why we tried capitalizing on others’ tragic losses.”

“I just made a bad decision which I sincerely regret.”

It’s amazing how getting caught can do that to a person, isn’t it? But how many regrets would she have felt if she and her daughter got away with the lie? I’m guessing about as little as the respect for her now that she’s explained she hadn’t meant to mislead anyone, which is to say: none at all.

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