In an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Alec Baldwin opened up about his scuffle over a parking spot that led to his arrest. He pleaded guilty to harassment charges last month over the incident and was sentenced to take an anger management class and was fined $120.

“I mean, did I have an argument with the guy? Yeah, I thought he was going to run my wife over with his car when he was stealing my parking spot,” he admitted, adding that although he got into an argument, it “upsets” him that people said he punched the man.

“The cameras show from every angle that no one punched anybody, but once that story’s out there, the DA never gets out there after the fact and says, ‘Mr. Baldwin is just such a great guy. He would never do a thing like …’ You know what I mean?”

“But,” he quipped, “now he and I are best friends.”