Andrew McGinley, who was dropped from RTÉ’s Late Late Show line-up, says he would never set out to intentionally upset anyone.
The Donegal man was due to announce plans for a fundraising concert in his children’s memory.
They were killed by their mother at their home in Newcastle in Dublin when she was suffering a psychotic and depressive episode in 2020.
Mr McGinley says he was left off the show after a small number of people objected to the broadcaster: