Published: Tuesday October 6, 2009 MYT 7:00:00 AM
Updated: Tuesday October 6, 2009 MYT 11:10:19 AM
Letterman apologizes to wife on Monday's show
NEW YORK (AP): Late-night TV host David Letterman apologized to his wife on Monday's "Late Show," saying she had been "horribly hurt by my behavior."
Letterman vowed to repair his relationship with his wife, Regina Lasko.
In this Jan. 17, 2008 file photo, television talk show host David Letterman walks out of The Ed Sullivan Theater during a taping of "The Late Show with David Letterman", in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file) "Let me tell you folks, I got my work cut out for me," said Letterman, according to an early transcript of the program released by CBS.
Monday's show was the first Letterman taped since Thursday, when he disclosed that he had had sexual relationships with women who worked for him, and that he had been the victim of an alleged $2 million blackmail threat.
Letterman also apologized to his staff for the situation.
"Inadvertently, I just wasn't thinking ahead," Letterman said. "My thanks to the staff for, once again, putting up with something stupid I've gotten myself involved in."
Audience members who attended the taping Monday at the Ed Sullivan Theater said Letterman spoke frequently throughout the program about the events. He also joked about the situation with guests Steve Martin and Martin Short.
"He's not running away from it," said Brian Lakari, from Green Bay, Wisconsin, who attended the taping with his wife, Kelly. "He brought it into the show several times."
Lakari said Letterman started his monologue with the subject, and even worked in an apology to "the previous governor of Alaska." He was referring to Sarah Palin, with whom Letterman had a flap earlier in the year over a joke about her daughters.
It is unclear how many women Letterman had sex with, and he has offered no specifics.
In this publicity image released by CBS, Steve Martin, left, is seated as Martin Short shakes hands with host David Letterman, center, during a taping of "The Late Show with David Letterman," on Monday, Oct. 5, 2009, in New York. (AP Photo/CBS, John Paul Filo) Robert Halderman, a producer for the true-crime show "48 Hours Mystery," pleaded not guilty last week to extortion charges.
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