I’m sorry — to tell you personally, first of all, I’m very sorry. I know you had, also, a lot of faith in me. I’m very sorry for using that word. Please don’t think any less of me. And I’m going to fix it.

Following upon the interview with Sean Hannity, Duane “Dog” Chapman appeared on “Larry King Live.”

Here is the full transcript. An excerpt:

KING: All right, let’s discuss it.

What’s in your head right now?

D. CHAPMAN: A way to fix this and where it would never happen again and, you know, how sorry I really am to say that. And try not to use any excuses why I would have said it, but to never say it again.

KING: How do you fix it?

D. CHAPMAN: Well, I will continue doing the things I’ve done working with, you know, interracial people. And I just have to — I have some classes I have to go to. And I need to get a greater vocabulary than what I have, obviously. And when I get mad and my brain searches for “A” word, I have to find different words. And to do that, you have to be — have more of an education. That’s what (INAUDIBLE).

KING: This was the vocabulary, “Dog,” that you’ve had all of your life?

D. CHAPMAN: Yes. You know, I’ve probably used and had that kind of vocabulary my whole life, yes.

KING: So you’ve had, would you say, a limited vocabulary, due to not a great education?

D. CHAPMAN: Well, if I could — I graduated from the seventh grade, you know. I mean I dropped out of school — and I don’t want to blame it on that. I know right from wrong.

I’m not that kind of guy. I knew I probably should have never used that. But I thought I was cool enough to be able to use that. But to blame it on ignorance and unlearned, that’s not — no.

Dr. Phil appeared on “Larry King Live” the subsequent night, to access Duane “Dog” Chapman’s sincerity and the unfolding story. Here is a link to the video. Here is a link to the transcript.

DR. PHIL: Well, one of the things I always look at is whether somebody is sorry for what they’ve done or sorry that they got caught doing what they’ve done. And I think there’s an element to that both ways here.

But I’ll tell what bottom line, I think. I don’t think that Duane Chapman is a racist, to tell you the truth. I don’t think that. I would have said that to him if he had come on the show and faced the leaders that we had there that had questions for him. I think what he is, is highly insensitive. You know, he says I used this word — and it’s not — it’s not just a word, it’s the attitude that goes with it. It’s an insensitive attitude. I don’t think he’s a racist. I really don’t think he means what he’s saying in a derogatory way. And I know there will be a lot of people that disagree with me, because there was such a rancor in what he was saying in that tape. And I could argue both sides of that.

But I think it’s really more a matter of insensitivity. Look, this is a guy that has a seventh grade education. He grew up without a lot of exposure to some of the things that might have triggered his thinking.

But I think he’s very intelligent. I think he’s very industrious. I think he’s a very hardworking guy and I don’t think he’s an evil guy. And I’ll tell you what else I think. I don’t think they should cancel his television show. I think this is a guy that should own up to what he’s done. I think he should step up to the wrong that he’s done and then I think he should put that behind him, hold himself to a higher standard and move on.

So I basically support him having another chance.