The former "Saturday Night Live" cast member and comedian quickly walked back his remark. | Getty Franken apologizes for Clinton-Weiner joke

Sen. Al Franken let his comedic past get the better of him on Wednesday, apologizing after joking that an injury to a Minnesota Vikings player was akin to Hillary Clinton having an "affair with Anthony Weiner."

New York Times writer Mark Leibovich tweeted Franken's (D-Minn.) response to a gruesome leg injury to Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater that shocked onlookers in practice on Tuesday. Leibovich was tailing Franken at the Minnesota State Fair.


"It's like finding out Hillary's having an affair with Anthony Weiner," Franken said, according to Leibovich.

The former "Saturday Night Live" cast member and comedian quickly walked back his remark.

"Pretty insensitive and stupid of me. Regret it and sincerely apologize," Franken said on Twitter.