Howie Mandel has publicly apologized to Invoice Burr and Billy Corgan, following a clumsy incident on his podcast final month.

"I need to apologize," Mandel stated Tuesday on his Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast. "I really feel horrible, and I'm sorry, Invoice. I'm sorry, Billy. I solely tried to do one thing good."

The America's Got Talent decide was referring to the Jan. 21 episode of his podcast, on which Mandel stunned Burr with a second visitor: Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins. Corgan had defined on Mandel's present in November that his stepmother advised him a decade in the past that Burr "may be one of many youngsters that your father sired in his days being a touring musician."

Corgan remembered, too, that his father advised him he had a half-brother near his age (Corgan is 57, and Burr is 56) and his title was Invoice.

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Mandel's podcast episode with the 2 — known as "Household Reunion with Invoice Burr & Billy Corgan" — didn’t go effectively from the beginning. "You're an a–hole," Burr stated to Mandel, as he accused him of arranging the encounter strictly for scores.

On the brand new episode, Mandel insisted to his daughter and cohost, Jackie, and his friends for the day, twin brother comedians and actors Randy and Jason Sklar, that he had solely good intentions with the stunt.

"I legitimately thought I used to be doing one thing good, I swear to you," Mandel stated. "I assumed it was humorous."

One of many Sklars instructed that Mandel had needed to "make everyone uncomfortable in a humorous method."

Regardless of the purpose, Mandel stated he "had no concept" that issues would play out a they did.

"Invoice Burr has not peeped," Mandel stated Tuesday. "I texted him and stated, 'Good episode.' Didn't reply. I stated, 'Is there something I can do to additional this this, to observe up'? No reply."

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Within the fallout, Burr slammed Mandel, even calling him "a Hollywood whore" when requested concerning the state of affairs on the Wealthy Eisen Present on Jan. 27.

Mandel stated the following factor he noticed had been headlines about Burr's response. He reviewed a couple of on the podcast, and he agreed with the verb utilized in one, that he had "blindsided" Burr.

"The reality of the matter is, if he feels unhealthy, I really feel unhealthy," he stated.

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