But it almost did.

“It’s a New York thing,” Michaels said in theDaily Mail’s video.

Last week, hereleased a statementto theTimesapologizing for his behavior.

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That was the culture then.

I have since learned it’s not an excuse, in the office or out of it.

To anyone," he said.

“Yeah, you’re right: Your excuse isn’t an excuse.

In fact, it isn’t even an excuse for that behavior in the ’60s.

That wasn’t discovered by scientists until 1998.

It was a different time,'” said Oliver.

NBC didn’t immediately respond to EW’s request for comment.