Dog the Bounty Hunter’s bumbling attempts to clear up transphobic diatribes and violent threats against Dylan Mulvaney… after his openly gay daughter apologized for his comments

Dog the Bounty Hunter made a hesitant attempt to backtrack on some of his threatening comments against transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney in a new podcast appearance.

While passing by the Two Guys From Hollywood podcast, Dog (real name: Duane Chapman) retracted some of his previous comments to the hosts, Alan Nevins and Joey Santos.

The 70-year-old reality star previously sparked controversy with an interview earlier this month with Christian ministry founder Sharell Barrera.

During the chat, he appeared to threaten to give Mulvaney “a pair of black eyes,” although he misinterpreted the social media star who uses the pronouns she/her and she/she interchangeably.

Although Chapman was hesitant to refer to Mulvaney as “she,” he appeared to deny that he intended to attack her and claimed to be willing to give his life to defend a gay individual who was attacked by multiple men.

Change of tone: Having previously said he would give Mulvaney “a pair of black eyes”, he claimed that he tends to threaten due to his history as a bounty hunter, claiming that if he ever saw Mulvaney being attacked in the street, he would be willing to sacrifice his life to save her; seen in June in LA

When asked about his “black eye” comment, he defended himself, claiming that he has a habit of using threatening words due to his past as a bounty hunter.

However, he said he wanted to give people “mercy” and “mercy,” saying that if he ever saw Mulvaney being “attacked by thugs” on the street, he would jump to her defense and would even be willing to lose his life to save a stranger.

Despite trying to pare back some of his most inflammatory comments, Dog made it clear that he didn’t approve of Mulvaney living her life openly as a transgender woman.

At one point, he compared the use of her favorite pronouns to how he prefers to be called “dog” to his given name “Duane.”

“If Dylan wants to be called ‘she,’ that’s fine with me,” he declared.

He added that he “feels sorry for Dylan” after she revealed she was afraid to leave her home due to numerous death threats she received amid the controversy over her Bud Light partnership.

“If there’s an apology — just to Dylan — I’d absolutely say I’m very apologetic and that’s not what I meant,” Chapman said, referring to claims by some past listeners that he encouraged his fans to attack transgender people.

Dog’s daughter Lyssa Chapman, who is openly gay, previously publicly apologized to Mulvaney on social media for her father’s comments about her.

At the beginning of the interview, Dog comically clarified that he had avoided using the word “gay” in his earlier interview because he believed Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law made it illegal.

Soothing: At one point, he compared using her favorite pronouns to how he prefers to be called “dog” instead of his first name “Duane.” “If Dylan wants to be called ‘she,’ that’s fine with me,” he declared; seen in June in NYC

Conflict: Chapman, who has an openly gay daughter who apologized to Mulvaney, seemed more concerned about doctors performing gender-affirming surgeries on trans minors despite a spate of laws targeting trans youth and adults across the country; seen in 2019

However, he seemed to have misunderstood the law, which instead prohibits discussions or classes about sexual orientation or gender identity from kindergarten through third grade, though the topics can also be banned through twelfth grade.

In the final conversation, the hosts tried to understand Dog’s animus towards Mulvaney, which seemed to stem from his false belief that she was urging children to transition or have gender-affirming surgery.

One of the presenters questioned Chapman’s wife about who she meant when she talked about people “who would allow a child to be mutilated,” and she mentioned “doctors” who perform gender reassignment surgery on minors, even though most transgender minors don’t have genital surgery until later in life, if at all.

According to the New York Timesthe price of top surgery for transgender men is prohibitively expensive, preventing many from accessing it, and the requirement for letters of support from mental health professionals can also be a barrier to that care.

Many health insurance companies refuse to cover the surgery for anyone under the age of 18, further narrowing the pool of transgender people who can access it.

Francie also claimed there are new laws allowing transgender children to have gender-affirming surgeries as young as 10 years old, though there has instead been a spate of laws in Republican-ruled states targeting transgender youth and adults, according to the New York Times.

Later in his second podcast appearance, Chapman clarified that when he previously called prosperity preacher Joel Osteen a “sissy boy,” he was referring to religious leaders who are more focused on performing in front of crowds and encouraging their followers to donate money, rather than preaching the gospels.

He told the hosts that his use of the offensive term was not intended to suggest that ministers such as Osteen were gay, although it is often used derogatorily to refer to gay people.

In his previous interview, Dog repeatedly steered the conversation back to LGBT issues unsolicited.

Harsh words: Dog previously received backlash after launching into a tirade slamming LGBT kids, Pride Month, and suggesting that gays ‘need to be saved’

“People playing in the church led to Bud Light. I’d like to take that bastard down, rebuke Satan out of him, and just give him a pair of black eyes. That’s exactly – and an average of that. If I ever see him, I’ll drop him,” he said.

The reality TV star was clearly referring to Bud Light’s controversial partnership with Mulvaney, even though the Bud Light brand with her face on the can could only be purchased through her website and was not widely available to consumers.

Dog did not specify whether his physical threat was directed at Mulvaney, who uses the pronouns “she/it,” or at one of the Anheuser-Busch executives also involved in the controversy.

After the comment, wife Francie quickly intervened and said “we want to drop him into the Holy Ghost,” leading Dog to joke that she bailed him out of jail.