The former sidekick and producer fired along with the radio host Don Imus has followed his dismissal with more controversial remarks. In his first interview since he was dismissed for calling the Rutgers women’s basketball team “hardcore hos,” Bernard McGuirk defended his comments to Fox anchors Sean Hannity and Alan Colmes.

Bernard McGuirk: “I mean, nobody uses the N-word. You just don’t do that. But B’s and hos, I mean, we’re just try — what am I going to say, dames?”

McGuirk was joking with Fox host Alan Colmes. Later on in the interview, Colmes asked McGuirk about his hopes for the future.

Bernard McGuirk: “Well, I hope that Al Sharpton’s blow dryer falls in the — no.”

Sharpton helped lead the protests for Imus’ dismissal. Later in the broadcast, McGuirk went on to call Sharpton “terrorist.”