Bill Burr Calls Howie Mandel a “Hollywood Whore” After Billy Corgan Ambush During Podcast Appearance

Bill Burr actually wasn’t too thrilled with being ambushed by Billy Corgan on Howie Mandel‘s podcast.

The actor and comedian made a recent appearance on an episode of the Howie Mandel Does Stuff podcast, where the host surprised him with Billy Corgan, the Smashing Pumpkins guitarist who previously revealed that the pair might be related. 

However, Burr shared on The Rich Eisen Show Monday that it wasn’t a good surprise, as he doesn’t “like talking about [my stuff publicly].”

“Howie did what he did because he is a Hollywood whore and he doesn’t care what happens,” he added. “He could’ve said something and he just brings up all that weirdness.”

Back in November, Corgan stopped by Mandel’s podcast, where he recalled his stepmother once telling him: “Do you know who Bill Burr is? … Bill Burr might be one of the children that your father sired in his days being a traveling musician.”

After that revelation, Mandel thought he would stage a surprise “family reunion” during Burr’s guest appearance earlier this month, clearly leaving him annoyed. The Breaking Bad actor later told Rich Eisen, “Billy’s fine. That’s the first time I ever met him and it was fine or whatever, but I did not appreciate what Howie did. Not at all.”

However, Burr hasn’t completely cut ties with Mandel, as he added that the America’s Got Talent judge is “sorta hard to hate.” He continued, “How do you hate a germaphobe? He’s like, not threatening. He just walks with his arms in so he doesn’t rub against curtains that he owns… He’s a strange man.”

But that still doesn’t change the fact that Burr was irritated with being blindsided by the Corgan appearance, and he made that clear to Mandel during his podcast appearance, calling the host an “asshole” at the time.

“That’s the thing, he’s bringing [us] in here not because he’s trying to heal the bullshit that we went through growing up. He’s getting [us] here just for the fucking ratings,” Burr later said, before asking Mandel, “What was supposed to happen? Are we going to go play catch? We’re both in our 50s.”