Charles Sykes/Bravo via Getty Images; Charley Gallay/Getty Images for AT&T and DIRECTVJerrod Carmichael has issued a public apology to Dave Chappelle for deeming the comedian an “egomaniac” during a recent verbal tirade.Carmichael appeared on The Breakfast Club on Tuesday (April 16) and doubled back from his previous comments regarding Chappelle, labeling the Washington, D.C. native as one of kind and the last of a dying breed.“I want to say that I’m sorry for that because, one, I’m a huge Dave Chappelle fan,” Carmichael began while delivering his apology. “I think he’s brilliant.”

Jerrod Carmichael speaks onstage during the Hulu “Ramy” FYC event at NeueHouse Los Angeles on May 13, 2019 in Hollywood, California. Vivien Killilea/Getty Images for HuluThe 37-year-old continued, “I think he’s a bright light in a dying industry. I think he’s more important now than ever before because comedians are now just posting clips of them doing crowd work online and calling it art, and it’s not art.”The comedic actor continued to express his regret over disparaging Chappelle, vowing to cease discrediting the renowned jokester and standup mainstay. “I’ll never do it again. I do apologize for that. I’m man enough to say that is wrong,” he added.

Dave Chappelle attends the 2018 Netflix Primetime Emmys After Party at NeueHouse Hollywood on September 17, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Michael Kovac/Getty Images for Netflix“I don’t need it. I don’t want the attention. It has gone on way too long,” he said of the ruckus caused by his pointed critique of Chappelle.

The award-winning comic went on to gush over Chappelle’s creative activity as of late, praising him as one of the more consistent and hardest working showmen in comedy today. “There are so few artists, people actually doing art, not doing podcasts, not doing like crowd work videos online, actually doing the art. [Chappelle’s] one of the few. I have a deep respect for him. And that’s all I’ll say.”

Jerrod Carmichael, winner of the Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special award for ‘Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel,’ poses in the press room during the 74th Primetime Emmys at Microsoft Theater on September 12, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.