Comedian and actress Heather McMahan apologized on Wednesday after she took part in an expletive-laden chant directed at Rory McIlroy while she was serving as the MC at the Ryder Cup last weekend.<\/p>\n
McMahan stepped down from her post as the event\u2019s MC<\/a> at Bethpage Black in New York on Sunday morning after she participated in a chant with fans over the course\u2019s microphone. McMahan started directing fans in a \u201cDeChambeau!\u201d chant, but it quickly transitioned into a, \u201cF*** you, Rory!\u201d chant. McMahan then joined in over the microphone.<\/p>\n The PGA of America, which runs the Ryder Cup when it is held in the United States, quickly released a statement and said that McMahan both had sent an apology to McIlroy and stepped down from her post.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n McMahan addressed the incident on an episode of her podcast<\/a> on Wednesday, and said it was a \u201chorrible mistake.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI would just like to say that I immediately did not like the energy and the vibe from when that started to happen. I will take full responsibility, and sincerely apologize to Rory [McIlroy], team Europe for saying that,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was so foolish of me.<\/p>\n \u201cI did not start the chant, I would just like that narrative to get out there. I did not start it, but any way that I participated in that, even just saying it once, was so foolish and so silly of me.\u201d<\/p>\n McMahan said that she quickly tried to calm the crowd after feeling the \u201cenergy\u201d shift.<\/p>\n \u201cIt went from us trying to be fun and funny and like get it going, to immediately just was negative and felt really toxic,\u201d she said. \u201cAs soon as I said that I was like, ‘I don\u2019t want any part of this. This was just getting weird and I don\u2019t know how to control this crowd of 4,000 dudes at five o\u2019clock in the morning, shouting crazy s***.’<\/p>\n \u201cAs soon as that happened, I immediately turned to my producer and said \u2018let\u2019s just get the DJ to play music. I don\u2019t know what to do with this audience right now, so I\u2019m not going to participate.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n [Check out all of Yahoo Sports’ golf content here in our new golf hub<\/a>]<\/p>\n The incident was one of seemingly countless in which American fans harassed McIlroy and European players<\/a> throughout the Ryder Cup, which Europe won 15-13<\/a>. McIlroy had to step away from his ball repeatedly throughout matches while fans were heckling him, the PGA of America sent out extra police halfway through a match to help control a crowd, and his wife Erica had a drink launched her way at one point.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n