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Bill De Blasio may have the first ever guest on Alec Baldwin's short-lived Up Late talk show. But New York's mayor elect doesn't seem to have much sympathy for the actor now his MSNBC show has been pulled.
Baldwin's late-night show was cancelled on Tuesday following a scandal surrounding his homophobic insults and run-ins with multiple photographers.
And De Blasio blasted Baldwin's words a day later, describing the slurs as 'inappropriate' and 'sad.' But he stopped short of saying that the star couldn't attend his inauguration in January.
Chat: New York mayor elect Bill de Blasio (left) was the first guest on Alec Baldwin's now cancelled talk show. But the politician seems to have lost sympathy for the actor after the show was pulled over Baldwin using homophobic slurs
'What he said was inappropriate and very sad,' said De Blasio at an event on Wednesday at a Brooklyn food bank, reported by the New York Observer.
'I think, you know, he's someone who is very intelligent and on many issues has said important things. But in this case, what he said was just plain inappropriate.'
The New York mayor elect continued: 'I'm sorry that he suffered the consequences he did, but, you know, it was the result of his own actions. So I would simply say: That's my view on what he said and what he did.'
The furor erupted earlier this month when Baldwin was videotaped using a homophobic slur towards a photographer outside of his apartment.
Angry: Baldwin has been in a number of confrontations outside his New York home. The actor squared up to Fox 5 journalist Linda Schmidt earlier in November in the belief that Schmidt had previously accidentally hit his wife Hilaria Baldwin with a microphone
Though recordings of the events make it appear that he called the man a 'c***sucking f**,' Baldwin has maintained that he said 'c***sucking fathead'.
He has since apologized for saying the first half of the slur, claiming he did not know that it was derogative towards homosexuals.
'If I called him 'c***sucking maggot' or a 'c***sucking motherf*****'... 'f*****' is not the word that came out of my mouth. That I know,' Baldwin told local blog Gothamist by phone on Tuesday evening.
The same day an employee at MSNBC confirmed to MailOnline that the star's nascent show had been officially cancelled.
Winner: Bill de Blasio won the New York mayoral election with a huge margin in November and he will be sworn in as mayor in January
Baldwin also posted an apology on the network's website that read: 'I did not intend to hurt or offend anyone with my choice of words, but clearly I have - and for that I am deeply sorry.
'Words are important. I understand that, and will choose mine with great care going forward.'
Though Baldwin has lost his show, he still might be able to attend De Blasio's inauguration.
When the future mayor was asked if the actor would not invited to the party, he did not have a simple yes or no answer, according to the New York Observer.
'I don't think it's a question of whether someone's invited or not. A lot of people participate in inaugurations and I don't necessarily agree with them on everything,' De Blasio stated.
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