Mitt Romney says 'everyone makes mistakes' after MSNBC host apologises for mocking grandson No hard feelings... Mitt Romney happy with the apology. Picture: Jacquelyn Martin/AP Source: AP MITT Romney says he has accepted an apology from an MSNBC host who joked about a Christmas picture that included the 2012 Republican presidential candidate's adopted, African-American grandson. Romney told Fox News Sunday that he sees Melissa Harris-Perry's apology as sincere and is ready to move on. He says everyone - himself included - makes mistakes and the Romney family has forgiven MSNBC. During a segment, Harris-Perry asked her guests to talk about a photo showing baby Kieran with his grandparents and their 21 other grandchildren, all of them white. One guest on her Sunday show, actress Pia Glenn, sang "one of these things just isn't the same." Harris-Perry later said her intention was to celebrate diversity, but the segment took an unexpected and offensive turn. "People make mistakes and the folks at MSNBC made a big mistake and they've apologized for it and that's all you can ask for," Romney said. "We love this little guy a great deal," he said, he said of baby Kieran, who was adopted by Romney's son Ben. We love that he is part of our family. MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry made a tearful on-air apology to Mitt Romney on Saturday. Romney Fox News Sunday that he became a "fair target" when he entered politics. But he said that targeting children was "beyond the line." And I think they understand that and feel that as well. I think it is a heartfelt apology and I think for that reason we hold no ill will whatsoever.