Howie Mandel Says He 'Didn't Mean to Embarrass Anybody' After Apologizing to Kelly Ripa for On-Air Moment

Howie Mandel is sharing more about his viral exchange with Kelly Ripa on Live with Kelly and Mark

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• During a March 31 appearance on Hot Mics with Billy Bush, Mandel said he "didn't mean to embarrass anybody" after Ripa and Mark Consuelos commented on his appearance

• "I hope it ends soon because I didn't mean to cause any disruption," he said of attention on the interaction

Howie Mandel"didn't mean to embarrass anybody" after apologizing toKelly Ripaover their awkward on-airexchange.

The comedian, 70, appeared on a Tuesday, March 31 segment ofHot Mics with Billy Bush, in which he reflected on the aftermath of his recent viralLive with Kelly and Markmoment and apology video.

During the March 23 episode of Ripa andMark Consuelos' daytime talk show, Mandel had an awkward exchange with the hosts, who complimented Mandel's appearance and told him he looked "great" after discussing his age. Mandel argued that the compliment didn't "mean anything" as it came with a "caveat." Days later, he posted a video apologizing to Ripa and explaining that the comment was "meant as a joke."

Now, Mandel said he has regrets about sharing the Instagram post, adding that he "didn't mean to cause any disruption."

"Obviously I told a joke that didn't land well," Mandel said, as he appeared onHot Micswearing a new hairstyle and T-shirt of himself as a child.

He added, "Comedians always say, 'If you can make one person laugh, you're doing the job.' But apparently that's not enough... I'm reading and there's no stopping it and I don't understand. I tried to stop it. I tried to apologize. I agreed with people. I do."

Mandel then said he didn't "know" who got offended by the on-air moment, despite "reading the articles" online. "If somebody is offended, if somebody feels that I did wrong, then I apologize. I don't believe in apologizing but I said, as I said in that post — which, I kind of regret making the post," he said, before Bush asked him why.

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"Because I don't think you should apologize for a joke," Mandel said. "And I do agree. People are saying it wherever I go now, I do think I look good. I don't even think the caveat is for 70. I just think I look good."

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As Mandel put it, up until "a couple weeks ago," he didn't "really focus" on his appearance. "I feel bad," he said. "I don't know what's going on and I don't know when this will end. And I hope it ends soon because I didn't mean to cause any disruption. I didn't mean to embarrass anybody."

After Bush questioned the famously bald comedian about the "hair on your head" at the end of their discussion, Mandel jokingly sat in silence before storming out of the podcast studio and slamming the door on his way out.

In his apology video, uploaded on Saturday, March 28, the star said he doesn't think a comedian "needs to apologize for a joke" and that it's "hard" for him to do so publicly.

After apologizing to Ripa, Mandel called her "absolutely right." A few comedian friends sounded off about the ordeal in the comment section,as didLive with Kelly and Markexecutive producerMichael Gelman, who commented that Mandel indeed looks great "for your age."

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Roseanne Barr fears she will 'die on the surgery table' after doctor told her she has a 'damaged' heart

Roseanne Barrisn't happy about a recent diagnosis from her doctor.

On a new episode of hereponymous podcast, the former sitcom star expressed interest in getting cosmetic surgery — before revealing that the procedure she wants won't be possible due to a recent health update.

"I want one of those ponytail facelifts," the 73-year-old actress said. "But this doctor says I have to go get my heart checked out because it's damaged."

Barr continued, "I'm so pissed because I'm like, 'I need a new doctor.' He's always sending me to other doctors to check me out, and I'm like, 'Why do I have to go find something wrong when nothing's wrong?' And then get in shape just so I can have surgery and die on the surgery table. I mean, well, it doesn't make any sense."

Despite pushback from her guest and longtime friend Shannon Hughey, the controversial actress lamented that she has no interest in future medical procedures and would prefer to live out her days in hospice care.

"I would rather not get ready for any sort of surgery ever again in my life and just get a heart attack or a stroke and then just be put into a home," Barr declared. "That is life: living in the hospice. That is where life is worth living, I've seen it."

After describing hospice as "the greatest thing ever," Barr explained, "They know you're dying and they give you morphine."

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Barr did not expand on the details of her medical condition, and throughout the winding podcast episode, alternated between sipping red wine and smoking a cigarette.

Best known as the former lead of the long-running ABC sitcomRoseanne, Barr came under fire in 2018 after writinga racist social media postabout former Obama White House advisor Valerie Jarrett. ABC subsequently canceled the revival of her '90s sitcom and ordered a spinoff, The Conners, without Barr, which ran for seven seasons, ending last year. Barr has largely stayed away from Hollywood spaces since the controversy.

In June 2025, Barr opened up about embracing a quieter life in Texas, where she owns a 30-acre ranch that she tends to by trimming trees with a chainsaw and mowing her own property.

"I'm doing a lot of mowing. I've got a really fantastic tractor out here and I'm mowing," she toldFox News Digitallast year. "The only problem is I don't clear the trees quite as good as I should and I'm always hitting a tree and knocking it over, and it always hits me in the head."

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She went on to share that she had recently suffered several injuries, explaining, "I had this one tree… I knocked it and a great big old branch fell right on my head and trapped me in my tractor. So, I knew I had to get out of there, and it weighed about a hundred pounds."

Barr shared that it took her an hour to move the tree "inch by inch" before she was able to flip it over and escape.

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Prince Harry Speaks About His Lack of Privacy Since Birth

Yesterday, Prince Harry delivered a keynote address in Washington, D.C. at the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)'s Global Summit where he spoke about his relationship with privacy.

"At a time when there is so much devastation and suffering happening in the world, it might seem strange to be speaking about privacy," he began. "But I see it differently. I see privacy as a foundational issue—one that underpins trust, safety, and the stability of our societies. And getting this right will have global consequences."

Harry continued, "My connection to privacy, and the lack of it, begins in a different place than most. From birth," referencing the media attention surrounding his birth in 1984, when his parents then-Prince Charles and Princess Diana posed outsidethe Lindo Wingwith him as an infant.

The Duke of Sussex continued, "You may know that I've spent the past seven years in litigation against three media organizations in the UK over their systemic and unlawful invasions of privacy, as well as the cover up of it, dating back to the early 2000s. The worst examples of an industry that too often behaves as though it owns people's privacy—and feels it gets to decide what constitutes the public interest. Unfortunately, I have come to learn that this exploitation has become normalized."

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As he detailed his fight against invasions of privacy, he said, "I have nothing to gain from taking on powerful institutions. In many ways, it's come at a personal and reputational cost for me, my wife, and our kids. But is it worth it? Absolutely. Because this is about more than one individual—it's about the systems that shape and influence all of our lives."

Harry also spoke about therecent Los Angeles trialin which Meta and YouTube were found negligent in harming a young woman through the design features on their platforms. "About bloody time!" he said in his speech. "A jury confirmed what parents have felt and experts have said all along—the systems driving our social media platforms have been built to exploit, not protect—and the people at the heart of it have always known it. Finally, some truth and accountability has arrived." The Prince also revealed he and Meghan Markle "had the opportunity to spend time with many of the parents in the Los Angeles case as it proceeded in the courtroom each day."

He concluded his keynote reflecting on his own life in the United States. "As a Brit living in the United States, I've been struck by the global reach of American tech," Harry said. "The standards set here increasingly define the digital environment everywhere—even in countries trying to protect their own citizens and their democracy. And when that influence scales faster than safeguards, the impact is felt far beyond U.S. borders."

As Archewell Philanthropies noted in apost on Sussex.com, the Duke of Sussex "called for brave leadership and a commitment to building systems where privacy won't just matter but will be impossible to ignore."

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