He obviously realized what he said was going to bite him in the ass - and tried to walk it back.
2 games is probably light for the offense - what if he used a racist term instead - do you think it would have been 2 games ? Religious - again 2 games only ? Likely not.
Sign of maturity not being able to just walk away and remember one of you paid for the seat and one of you is getting paid millions to be there.