David Letterman courtesy Rubenstein (CC 2.0)

“I hope I didn’t embarrass you Lindsay and your family,” David Letterman said on his show after offering an explanation and a unapologetic apology to all the big and little Lindsays. “I have no one to blame but myself.”

All comes from a top ten show segment where Letterman joked that Lindsay had just stolen a Grammy, in reference to her recent arrest for suspicion of felony theft.

Letterman says he got a call next day saying that Lohan found the joke hilarious and wanted to be on his show.  Letterman then got his PR to send a release of the appearance to just everyone, everywhere.

Not long afterward, Letterman’s assistants had to tell their boss that Lohan knew nothing of the joke, the call and didn’t want be on his show (via satellite because of her parole and bail).

If one had only read the monologue speech it would not seem insincere, but 40 years of Letterman perfecting his brand of deadpan, cynical, irreverent, self-deprecating humor made it clear that he was most angry at the joker who made a fool of the jokester.