'They killed my show': Alec Baldwin now blames the 'the fundamentalist wing of gay advocacy' for getting him 'fired' from MSNBC after using a homophobic slur

MailOnline can now confirm that MSNBC has cut Alec Baldwin's late night talk show

Comes after it was suspended for two weeks following a series of run-ins with photographers where he used a homophobic slur

Baldwin has now pointed the finger at the likes of GLAAD spokesman Rich Ferraro and blogger Andrew Sullivan for getting the show off the air



MailOnline has now confirmed that Alec Baldwin has been nixed from the MSNBC lineup following the scandal surrounding his homophobic insults and run-ins with multiple photographers.



Hours after the news broke, Baldwin took time out of filming a movie in Hawaii to tell his side of the story- and place at least a portion of the blame on gay rights advocates who he argues used him as a scapegoat.



The scandal erupted earlier this month when he was videotaped using a homophobic slur towards a photographer outside of his apartment. Though recordings of the events make it appear that he called the man a 'c********** f**,' Baldwin has maintained that he said ' c********** fathead'. He has since apologized for saying the first half of the slur, claiming he did not know that it was derogative towards homosexuals.

'If I called him 'cocksucking maggot' or a 'c********** motherf*****'... 'f*****' is not the word that came out of my mouth. That I know,' Baldwin told local blog Gothamist by phone on Tuesday evening.

'But you've got the fundamentalist wing of gay advocacy—Rich Ferraro and Andrew Sullivan—they're out there, they've got you. Rich Ferraro, this is probably one of his greatest triumphs.



Off the air: Alec Baldwin's show on MSNBC was cancelled following a series of public clashes with photographers





'They killed my show. And I have to take some responsibility for that myself.'

Baldwin's decision to point to Ferraro, a spokesman for GLAAD, in the interview comes as a bit of a surprise since he previously announced via Twitter that Ferraro was the one who called Baldwin after the incident to explain that 'c**********' was a slur.



He removed the Tweet shortly after posting it, but MailOnline screen-grabbed it and it reads: '1-Rich Ferraro from @glaad informs me that c'sucker is an anti-gay epithet. In which case I apologize and will retire it from my vocabulary.'



'2- you learn something new every day.'

Both of the men that Baldwin mentioned by name condemned Baldwin publicly, with Ferraro issuing the statement from GLAAD and blogger Andrew Sullivan writing a lengthy article on his well-read political blog calling for his show to be taken off the air.



Naming names: Baldwin specifically cited GLAAD's Rich Ferraro (left) and blogger Andrew Sullivan (right) as two members of the 'fundamentalist wing of gay advocacy' who had him fired

Called out: GLAAD publicly chastised Baldwin shortly after the incident for his homophobic language - the second time the group has intervened with him this year

Pleading ignorance: Baldwin offered up an apology in the days after the altercation and this excuse after GLAAD criticized his use of language- which he Tweeted but deleted shortly after

Baldwin went on to compare himself to MSNBC's other controversial host, Martin Bashir, who is also facing calls for his resignation after suggesting on-air that something horrific should be done to former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin. MSNBC has not made any statements about the fate of Bashir's show but the host apologized to Palin and she accepted it.



Bringing him into it: Baldwin cited the fact that MSNBC has not fired Martin Bashir for making highly inappropriate comments about Sarah Palin

'Martin Bashir's on the air, and he made his comment on the air! I dispute half the comment I made...' Baldwin told Gothamist.



'There's nothing you can do when you get thrown in this washing machine, nothing. You know? Nothing. All you end up doing is just defending yourself all day long.'

The actor's late night talk show 'Up Late With Alec Baldwin' was originally suspended for two weeks immediately following his argument with photographers and journalists outside of his New York City apartment.

In a pseudo 'mea culpa' that the actor wrote following his earlier two episode suspension that preceded the announcement of his show's cancellation, Baldwin hinted that it may be taken off the air permanently.



An employee at MSNBC has confirmed to MailOnline on Tuesday that the star's nascent show has been officially cancelled.



The New York Post first spoke with the Golden Globe-winning actor's spokesman who reportedly took issue with the word 'fired' but did confirm that the show will no longer be on the air.

Cryptic: Alec Baldwin retweeted this Nelson Mandela quote just three hours before the news broke

Supportive: Baldwin's wife Hilaria put up this inspirational message Tuesday evening

'The show is not coming back. He had questions on whether he wanted to continue,' the spokesman said.



Not long after their article was published, Baldwin's spokesman Matthew Hiltzik and MSNBC issued a joint statement to The Huffington Post.

'We are jointly confirming that UP LATE will not continue on MSNBC,' the network said in the statement.



'This is a mutual parting and we wish Alec all the best.'



'The decision has been made. He’s gone,' a different unidentified insider told The Post.



'The (parent company) Comcast guys have decided. Word is spreading through the building.'

Hours before speaking to Gothamist- which is where he last went to explain himself after getting into an online Twitter rage against a MailOnline journalist- the actor retweeted an inspirational quote from Nelson Mandela just hours before the news about the MSNBC decision broke on Tuesday afternoon.

'There were many dark moments when my faith in humanity was sorely tested, but I would not and could not give myself up to dispair,' the post read.



Confrontation: The reporters were outside his apartment earlier this month following his appearance in court when he testified against his stalker

Apparently his use of a slur was not the only reason why Comcast decided to cut the program.

VIEWERS HAD TROUBLE STAYING 'UP' EVEN BEFORE THE SCANDAL

Even before the show was suspended following the run-in with the photographer, it was already struggling.

The ratings for the show's fifth week were down 40 per cent from the premiere audience and dropped to 395,000 total viewers.

The reportedly had difficulty booking guests, as Terms Of Endearment actress Debra Winger and fellow MSNBC host Chris Matthews were the two biggest names who appeared on the short-lived program.

The inside sources also claimed that Baldwin was overly demanding behind the scenes and said that he required a personal humidifier and his own make up room because a woman who he would have been sharing it with has cancer and a sensitivity to hairspray.



'I don’t give a f*** if she has cancer or not, I want that f****** makeup room,' he allegedly screamed.

When the temporary suspension was announced on November 15, Baldwin hinted that it may not return.



'Whether the show comes back at all is at issue right now,' he wrote in an essay published on The Huffington Post.



'If quitting the television business, the movie business, the theater, any component of entertainment, is necessary in order to bring safety and peace to my family, then that is an easy choice.'



Though he may have been down at that point after having three separate arguments with reporters and photographers in the span of one day, it didn't stop him from taking pot-shots at the competition in the blog post.



Off the air: Baldwin's show was first suspended for two weeks and then cut from the lineup entirely

'If the show dies, its fate ends up being no different than the vast majority of start-up TV programming, and so be it. We do take a small amount of pride in knowing that we beat CNN in the ratings each of our nights. (I forget who they had on at that time.)'



'I have been a fan of MSNBC for some time. Its left-leaning tone never bothered me. I still believe that they are more enamored of and devoted to the truth in any single hour than Fox is all year long.'



In a note that seems like he knew trouble was brewing, he did say that a cancellation of his program may help fellow MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, who he called the 'single most important television journalist on the air today'.



'If my show does disappear, I will be grateful in so far as her good work, along with that of (Lawrence) O'Donnell and (Chris) Hayes and (Al) Sharpton and (Chris) Matthews and (Chris) Jansing, will not be sullied by my problem,' he wrote.