All fixed? WATCH: Sean Spicer apologizes for controversial remarks about Hitler

ALERT – White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer will talk live to @WolfBlitzer on CNN in a moment, in @CNNSitRoom

— Vaughn Sterling (@vplus) April 11, 2017

By now, you’ve no doubt heard about Sean Spicer’s epically awkward remarks about Hitler and chemical weapons. After the story had a few hours to fester, Spicer went on Wolf Blitzer’s “Situation Room” to publicly apologize:

Spicer on @CNNSitRoom – "I apologize."

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) April 11, 2017

.@SeanSpicer on @CNN now: "I mistakenly used an insensitive and inappropriate reference to the Holocaust..I apologize for doing that."

— Carla Marinucci (@cmarinucci) April 11, 2017

Sean Spicer apologizes for comments on Assad gas attacks and Holocaust. pic.twitter.com/5950JNwTxy

— Claudia Koerner (@ClaudiaKoerner) April 11, 2017

Spicer also said he didn’t “want to be a distraction” to Trump’s agenda:

Spicer: "I realized that I had made a mistake, and I did not want to be a distraction to the president's agenda…" https://t.co/C58m8B7GPE

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 11, 2017

There you have it.

On CNN, @PressSec took and answered repeated hard questions from @wolfblitzer & made an unequivocal apology.

— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) April 11, 2017

Viewers’ reactions are a bit … mixed:

Is this the first unadulterated unqualified apology from someone inside the administration?

— Miriam Elder (@MiriamElder) April 11, 2017

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No fan of Spicey but good on him for admitting it was inappropriate and actually using the word "apologize".

— BLGee (@BeeElleGee) April 11, 2017

https://twitter.com/Wright_57/status/851921817849802753

https://twitter.com/JessicaGottlieb/status/851923175864545280

It took 4 hours for an apology? Smdh.

— Teri Thomas (@edesigngirl) April 11, 2017

https://twitter.com/IflAllEndsdavid/status/851923094310723584

Yeah you screwed up real bad !!!! I still don't think he gets it !

— sue faist (@suzeach) April 11, 2017

https://twitter.com/jbillinson/status/851924338077044739

https://twitter.com/alwaysonoffense/status/851923535211769862

Sounds like it’s gonna be a while before Spicer shakes this one off.

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