Complex sentence: Gossip site TMZ.com mocked the rescue, calling Sam "pampered"; this drew significant reader backlash and external attention, to the point that TMZ officially apologized to Sam, and to Australia as a whole.
Split into simpler sentences: Gossip site TMZ.com mocked the rescue, calling Sam "pampered"; this drew significant reader backlash and external attention. TMZ later apologized to Sam, and to Australia as a whole.