I don't like it when people don't just own up to their mistakes and move on and I try to own up to mine. The "truth" is that I was conflating different versions of events and making one story out of it. If you put what Morrissey said and your response together it's possible to come up with my interpretation.
But those are excuses and, all else aside, I do apologize for giving the tabloid version of events, the sort where the headline says one thing, but a little closer inspection reveals it's not quite that way. I interpolated your words incorrectly in a way so that I had you saying things that I can see you did not say and I do apologize for that.