Artie Lange says he was fired from HBO series Crashing

Artie Lange said on Thursday that he had been fired from his recurring role on the HBO series “Crashing.” But HBO and Judd Apatow, one of the show’s executive producers, said that he had not been let go. Lange has waged a public battle against heroin addiction. In an interview with the radio station WOR, Lange told the hosts, Len Berman and Todd Schnitt, that he had been let go.