After taking a week off and cooling down following his resignation from the show, Artie Lange returned to the air this morning assuming his position as one of the cohorts on The Howard Stern Show.

The question on many Stern fans minds for the past week was answered immediately at the beginning of today's show. Artie apologized for the incident and expressed his amazement in the response from fans and members of the show.

There's still no official word on whether or not there will be disciplinary action taken, though it was said that Artie will not have anymore chances following this incident.

Looks like Chaunce Hayden and his source, which "has never been wrong" was indeed, wrong.

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Howard 100 apparently is not replaying today's show where Artie resigned, instead they're replaying a show from the beginning of the week. To my knowledge, this is the first time that Sirius/Howard has done this.

But thanks to the awesome power of the internets, you can listen to the audio from today's Howard Stern Show, and hear Artie freak out from the comfort of your chair.

"Your job is to stay under control," said Howard Stern in the heated exchange with Artie Lange.

"And then I can't do my job... I can't guarantee you that won't do that again," replied Lange.

Stern: "Well then you can't be here."

Lange: "Then I won't be here anymore."

Stern: "You can't Art... you can't act that way."

Lange: "Howard I love you, but I can't do it anymore... I'm an out of control person"

Stern: "Alright, then you can't be here... If you can't control throwing things at people..."

Lange: "I resign, I'm sorry, I can't do it anymore."

"Then I accept," replied Stern.

Listen to the full audio below:

(WARNING: Explicit language, so put on your headphones if you're at work.)

UPDATE: The original audio apparently stopped working, so I've updated with a clip supplied via YouTube. Enjoy.

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Artie Lange walked out on the Howard Stern Show after an argument with his personal assistant on the air, and now the question remains whether he will ever return.

The argument between Lange, who joined the show permanently in 2001, and his assistant of 2 years, Teddy, quickly escalated from a simple squabble over travel accommodations.

As the spat continued, Lange became enraged and physically lashed out at Teddy, but the physical confrontation was apparently diffused by other members in the studio.

When Lange returned, he said Teddy would be "dead" had he reached him and that he'd be in jail.

Stern said he cannot condone Lange's actions, but Artie (who's been prone to such outbursts) said he can't guarantee he won't act out in the future.

Artie then offered his resignation, and Stern accepted but told Lange to leave and cool off.

Teddy returned to the studio several minutes later and said there was overreacting from everyone. Howard Stern and producer Gary Dell'Abate said they "did not know what to make of it all."

[via Newsday; Read discussion at SternFanNetwork]

UPDATE: If you missed the show, you can listen to audio of Artie's outbreak here.

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