Brian Williams has emerged from news anchor exile to give his first interview since military members exposed the anchor’s enormous, career-ending fib. Spoiler: He’s very sorry about all that.

In February, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams was roasted by the military community and beyond for lying about his overseas reporting. The reporter recounted for ten years that his helicopter was shot and forced to the ground in Iraq in 2003.

Crew members of the 159th Aviation Regiment–you know, the guys who actually were shot down in Iraq–said that Williams was nowhere near the chopper or enemy gunfire.

In an interview with Matt Laur, Williams apologized profusely for his tall tales.

I was not trying to mislead people, (and) that to me is a huge difference. It came from a bad place. It came from a sloppy choice of words. I told stories that were not true. Over the years, looking back, it is very clear I never intended to. It got mixed up, it got turned around, in my mind.

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“I said things that were wrong. Looking back, with such clarity now, it is so clear to me, I said things that were wrong. I told stories that were wrong. It wasn’t from a place where I was trying to use my job and title to mislead. I got it wrong. I own this, and I own up this.