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Howie Mandel Apologizes For Blindsiding Billy Corgan and Bill Burr With ‘Family Reunion’ Bit on Podcast: ‘I Feel Horrible’

Howie Mandel has apologized for blindsiding Billy Corgan and Bill Burr with a 'family reunion' bit on his podcast last month: 'I feel horrible.'

“At least we’re not on some f–king awful network show judging plate spinners or whatever the f–k Howie’s career has become,” Burr said of Mandel’s gig co-hosting AGT. Burr — whose beloved stand-up act is often filled with his irate annoyance, and rage, about what he thinks is the idiotic, inexplicable behavior of others — eventually told Mandel that he still loved him, “even though you did this,” wondering what his friend expected to happen. Once Corgan had assured him that it was all Mandel’s idea, Burr admitted he was not upset with the Pumpkins singer/guitarist and that he just didn’t like that their first meeting was the result of subterfuge.

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