Carney said that on Monday after the Soulard broadcast, Corcoran told him if he ever mentioned Corcoran on his show again, "he would kill me."

Corcoran then threatened his family and began to walk away, Carney said.

Carney said he replied to Corcoran that now he knew how it felt to be the butt of insults.

"So J.C. walked back and slap/punched me in the face," Carney said, adding that he did not retaliate.

"I was holding my cellphone and a cardboard guacamole at the time," Carney said, referring to an avocado-shaped pinata used as a prop during Monday's broadcast.

The blow did not leave a mark and Carney did not seek medical treatment, he said.

Corcoran, however, gave this account:

He said he went up to Carney on Monday to "politely insist that he stop saying my name in an insulting, disparaging manner," according to a statement he sent to this bureau on Wednesday.

Corcoran said Carney told him he had "no intention of ceasing his routine abuse of my name" and then claimed that Carney "shoved me away from the car."