On Saturday afternoon, the midfielder apologised again on ABC radio and said he appreciated the sort of access miking up players and umpires gave fans, but said Channel Seven let his words go to air "for a reason".

"They clearly left it in there for a reason ... they have a delay, they can choose what they want to show and they've essentially set me up ... stitched me up in a way," he said.

"You've got a guy in a truck with a button that can delete certain things ... that's quite frustrating.

"I'm not making excuses but there's a lot worse things said on a footy field than that."

Channel Seven's microphones also picked up swearing from another Essendon player.