David Letterman Apologizes To His Wife

David Letterman made a public apology to his wife during the opening monologue of his show. I am quite sure he apologized to his wife, Regina Lasko in private, and that this apology is squarely aimed at his audience.

"She has been horribly hurt by my behavior, and when something happens like that, if you hurt a person and it's your responsibility, you try to fix it," he said during his opening monologue. "At that point, there's only two things that can happen: Either you're going to make some progress and get it fixed, or you're going to fall short and perhaps not get it fixed, so let me tell you folks, I got my work cut out for me.”

He also said sorry to his staff.

"I'm terribly sorry that I put the staff in that position. Inadvertently, I just wasn't thinking ahead," he said. "And, moreover, the staff here has been wonderfully supportive to me, not just through this furor, but through all the years that we've been on television and especially all the years here at CBS, so, again, my thanks to the staff for, once again, putting up with something stupid I've gotten myself involved in."

I'm not buying the public apology. I think he is just trying to keep his audience, and the apology was probably written by some staff writer. The man is probably just sorry he got caught.