Lawrence O'Donnell Apologizes After Screaming at Staff in Leaked Rant: 'Insanity in My Earpiece'

He's used to reading the news, but MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell has apologized after becoming the story as leaked footage showed him kicking up a storm on his set.

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O'Donnell lost it during the commercial breaks on his show, reportedly taped on Aug. 29. He was seen slamming his fist on his desk, throwing a pen and launching an expletive-filled tirade in the clip, which was leaked Wednesday.

The video, which first appeared on Mediaite, showed O'Donnell in a growing state of anger as he's distracted by what he called "insanity in my earpiece" and screamed about someone with a hammer.

“Stop the hammering!,” he repeated. “Stop the hammering up there. Who's got a hammer? Where is it? Where's the hammer?”

He also threatened to get the president of the network on the phone to figure out what was going on. 

“It just f***ing sucks,” O’Donnell said while staring down at his desk. “It f***ing sucks to be out here with this out of control s***.”

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“A better anchorman and a better person would've had a better reaction to technical difficulties,” he tweeted Wednesday night after the clip was released. “I'm sorry.”

A better anchorman and a better person would've had a better reaction to technical difficulties. I'm sorry.

— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) September 20, 2017

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