Howie Mandel apologizes for ambushing Bill Burr, Billy Corgan over half-brother drama
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Mandel’s making amends.

Howie Mandel apologized for ambushing Bill Burr and Billy Corgan in the midst of their alleged half-brother drama.

“I want to apologize. I feel horrible,” the “Deal or No Deal” host, 69, said on his “Howie Mandel Does Stuff” podcast on Tuesday.

“I’m sorry, Bill. I’m sorry, Billy. I only tried to do something good,” he added.

In a recent podcast episode, Mandel had Burr as a guest and made a surprising revelation during the show. He brought out Corgan, who is 57 years old, after Burr mentioned the possibility of him being his half-brother.

Burr was furious over the ambush and called Mandel “an a–hole.”

But Mandel said on Tuesday that he “legitimately thought I was doing something nice” when he brought Burr and Corgan together.

“I swear to you. I thought it was funny,” Mandel explained.

The “America’s Got Talent” judge also revealed that Burr has not spoken to him since the podcast episode.

“Bill Burr has not peeped,” Mandel said. “I texted him and said, ‘Good episode.’ Didn’t answer. I said, ‘Is there anything I can do to further this this, to follow up’? No answer.”

Burr didn’t hold back at his anger toward Mandel when Corgan interrupted their interview in January.

“You’re an a – – hole,” he told Mandel immediately.

Corgan had previously claimed that his stepmom had told him: “Do you know who Bill Burr is? Bill Burr might be one of the children that your father sired in his days being a traveling musician.”

So when Corgan showed up to the interview, Burr accused Mandel of creating the stunt for “the f – – king ratings.”

“He’s bringing you in here, not because he’s trying to heal the bulls – – t that we went through growing up,” Burr said to Corgan. “What was supposed to happen? Are we going to go play catch? We’re both in our 50s.”

The “Breaking Bad” actor trashed Mandel again on “The Rich Eisen Show” and called him “a Hollywood wh–e.”

“Billy’s fine. That’s the first time I ever met him and it was fine or whatever, but I did not appreciate what Howie did,” said Burr. “Not at all.”

Corgan previously told Mandel that his stepmom believed Burr was the Smashing Pumpkins frontman’s half-brother.

“This is a true story. I’m not making this up, there is no joke in this,” Corgan said on Mandel’s podcast in Nov. 2024. “This is a true story. I’ve never told this anywhere, honestly.”

“And my father did once tell me that I had a half brother named Bill,” Corgan admitted, “who was basically born around the same time as me. He told me on my 18th birthday. This is all totally true. I swear to God.”

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