"I love him. Just for so many people, this is a very tough day. This is an unfortunate reality across a lot of industries these days, especially ours."
"The entire morning of MSNBC's programming features -- and is ruled with an iron fist by -- one of the worst human beings I have ever met," said Olbermann.
Olbermann called Kirk a "balloon head" and "the evil Charlie Brown" before staying the Salem Media Group radio host was "not the best and not so brightest young conservative troll".
"I love him. Just for so many people, this is a very tough day. This is an unfortunate reality across a lot of industries these days, especially ours."
"I don't think they felt comfortable that Ryan Clark would be able to hold that in. So, they let him go for the day and then pulled him off air before he had a chance."