F. Murray Abraham issues 'sincere and deeply felt apology' after allegations of sexual misconduct on set

F. Murray Abraham issued an apology following reports that he was fired from Apple TV+'s Mythic Quest due to allegations of sexual misconduct.

"This is a sincere and deeply felt apology," Abraham said in a statement issued to EW. "Though never my intention to offend anyone, I told jokes, nothing more, that upset some of my colleagues and as a result lost a great job with wonderful people. I have grown in my understanding from this experience, and I hope they will forgive me."

A production source for the comedy series alleged to Rolling Stone earlier this week that Abraham was let go ahead of season 3 due to two incidents. After the first, the actor was reportedly issued a warning and "told to keep away" from some of the actresses. After a second alleged incident was brought to creator and star Rob McElhenney's attention, Abraham was let go.

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No other details were provided to the outlet. Representatives for Apple TV+ and McElhenney didn't respond to EW's initial requests for comment.

Abraham portrayed C.W. Longbottom, an award-winning fantasy author who works as a head game writer for the show's namesake video game, in the first two seasons of the series, which addressed his exit in a kooky way in the season 3 premiere last November: Longbottom, diagnosed with a terminal illness, scripted his own ending by driving off a cliff into the Grand Canyon and having his remains launched into space.

The actor, who won the Best Actor Oscar in 1985 for Amadeus, recently starred in season 2 of HBO dramedy The White Lotus as Bert Di Grasso, a patriarch vacationing in Sicily with his son (Michael Imperioli) and grandson (Adam DiMarco) who often acted inappropriately towards women.

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