The comedian who caused a sensation by insulting Puerto Rico like a “garbage island” Donald TrumpThe Madison Square Garden campaign event in late October dedicated the following episode of its podcast to mocking the controversy and the media for treating the joke as a political liability.

“I apologise,” Hinchcliffe said on his Kill Tony live podcast with a little impact break at the top of the episode, “to absolutely no one.” Not to Puerto Ricans, not to whites, not to blacks, not to Palestinians, not to Jews, not to my own mother. I made fun of my own mother during filming. Nobody cut that. No headlines about me making fun of my own mother.

Hinchcliffe was a guest comedian who opened Trump’s rally, appearing on the podium at the 19,500-seat stadium among several Trump surrogates and defenders. The tone of the rally was angry and grievance-filled, with several racist and misogynistic comments from speakers; experts compared it to the famous Nazi rally that took place at the stadium in 1939. The tone was set early with Hinchcliffe, who called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage,” mocked Hispanics on their use of birth control, then called Jews cheap and Palestinians stone-throwers.

An outcry ensued, with reports that the Trump campaign feared that Hinchcliffe’s joke about the U.S. homeland could torpedo gains made with Latino voters. Trump’s top adviser, Peter Navarro, called Hinchcliffe “the biggest, stupidest asshole who has ever had comedy.” A wave of angry reactions from celebrities on social media then followed, becoming a major topic in the final week before Election Day. But Trump won 46% of the Latino vote in the election, helping him easily defeat Vice President Kamala Harris.

Monday evening, Hinchcliffe’s Kill Tony The podcast released its final episode, recorded the day after Trump’s MSG event. The live podcast comedy variety show, premiered in 2013, sees Hinchcliffe showcase his crude insult humor alongside other comics with a similar dark sensibility who encourage him. It also features a live band and studio audience. Monday’s episode opened with Hinchcliffe directly addressing the controversy and just before he objected to his apology to anyone, he let his audience know that he had recently given a speech “on freedom of speech “.

“Believe it or not, I’m under attack in the news right now,” Hinchcliffe told the crowd. “I don’t know if you know this, but in my free speech speech I referenced Puerto Rico, which currently has a landfill problem in which all of its landfills are filled to the brim – I guess that I’m the only person who knew,” he said. “Unfortunately, having said that, I just want to say that I love Puerto Ricans. They’re very smart people. They’re smart, they’re street smart and they’re smart enough to know when they’re being used as political fodder. And right now, that’s what’s happening.

References to the controversial joke were peppered throughout the episode of Kill Tonyincluding a co-host saying, as he is “an Australian, the closest thing to a Puerto Rican you can get in the short term.”

Hinchcliffe then acknowledged that Trump’s latest rally may not have been the ideal setting to begin this part.

“Maybe that venue at the time wasn’t the best place to do that set,” he said. “But anyway, to the mainstream media and anyone who tries to slander me online: this is what I do, and it will never change.”

The comedian also responded to the outcry over his joke on

“These people have no sense of humor,” he wrote on the platform. “It’s crazy that a vice presidential candidate would take the time out of his “busy schedule” to analyze a joke taken out of context to make it seem racist. I love Puerto Rico and my vacations there. I made fun of everyone…watch the whole set. I’m a comedian Tim…might be time to change my tampon.