We heard from Artie this morning, HA! -> “It’s true i’m working to satisfy my drug court program. I work with great people. Nothing wrong with a little hard work. Love you all and can’t wait to be back on stage." pic.twitter.com/ZfwokhHBaD — Artie Lange (@artiequitter) April 12, 2019

Artie Lange would love to be back on stage as a stand-up comedian.

But Lange, 51, is currently enrolled in a drug court program. Now, he’s also doing some sanitation work.

In January, Lange, who has a long history of drug addiction, was jailed for nearly two weeks after he was found to have violated the terms of his probation for at least the second time.

Lange, who has been absent from his Twitter account while he seeks treatment for drug addiction, hasn’t shared any updates for months, but on Friday afternoon, his account posted a video of him wearing a neon vest and appearing to work a garbage truck route.

“You’re going to keep this quiet, right, I’m sure,” Lange said to the person taking the video as he hopped back on the side of the truck and rode away down the street.

“Absolutely,” the person said. “No one will ever know.”

“I love you!” Lange said, flashing a peace sign. “Take care.”

Lange’s Twitter account posted a message from the comedian alongside the video.

“We heard from Artie this morning, HA!" the tweet read, going on to relate a note from Lange: “'It’s true i’m working to satisfy my drug court program. I work with great people. Nothing wrong with a little hard work. Love you all and can’t wait to be back on stage.'”

Fans riffed on the Lange clip, using the garbage truck sighting as an opportunity to reference Lange’s role in the 1998 Bob Saget movie “Dirty Work” alongside Norm Macdonald.

Lange, who grew up in Union Township and lives in Hoboken, was sentenced to four years of probation in June after he pleaded guilty to heroin possession in connection with a May 2017 arrest. State Police reported finding the comedian with 81 decks of heroin on the Garden State Parkway.

In December, Lange tested positive for cocaine at an appearance at Superior Court in Newark, in violation of his probation. He avoided jail time and Judge Nancy Sivilli instead recommended him for a drug court program. But just weeks later, Lange tested positive for cocaine again and was jailed for nearly two weeks, from Jan. 20 to Feb. 12.

Lange was never sentenced to jail, but was incarcerated while awaiting transfer to another facility as part of the drug court program.

The comedian, who is best known for his nearly nine-year stint on “The Howard Stern Show," most recently appeared in the third season of HBO’s “Crashing," starring Pete Holmes.

Since the first season of the show, which recently canceled, Lange has played a curmudgeonly comedian pal to Holmes’ character, who is trying to break into the New York comedy scene. Holmes and executive producer Judd Apatow have supported Lange during his struggles with addiction and relapse, saying they would keep him on the show.

In an episode titled “Artie,” “Crashing” took on the Jersey comedian’s real-life struggles with addiction.

But ahead of the third season of the series, Holmes said that the changing appearance of Lange’s nose — which is lacking a septum after years of snorting cocaine and heroin — created “nose continuity issues."

“My heart breaks for Artie,” Holmes said during an interview on the SiriusXM show “Jim Norton & Sam Roberts."

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