Steve Harvey: Cancel Culture and Political Correctness …

Steve Harvey slammed cancel culture at the Television Critics Association press tour while promoting his new ABC daytime courtroom series Judge Steve Harvey. The television host said that it would be impossible for him to do a comedy special in todays climate because cancel culture could cost him his courtroom show and his career.

The only way I can do one more special is if its at the end of my television career because it will end my television career, Harvey said. Were in the cancel culture now. No stand-up that is sponsor-driven can say anything he wants to. Chris Rock cant. Kevin Hart cant. Cedric the Entertainer cant. D.L. Hughley cant. I can go down the list. The only person that can say what they want to say on stage is Dave Chappelle because hes not sponsor-driven. Hes subscription-driven.

Chappelle generated controversy last year for anti-transgender jokes made in his Netflix special The Closer. Despite the outrage, Netflix stood by the comedian and did not pull the special from its streaming platform or end its working relationship with him. Chappelle is set to appear at Netflixs upcoming comedy festival Netflix Is a Joke later this year.

If I had tried to continue as a stand-up, theres no way I could maintain it, Harvey told reporters. Political correctness has killed comedy. Every joke you tell now, it hurts somebodys feelings. But what people dont understand about comedians is that a joke has to be about something. It has to be about somebody. We cant write jokes about puppies all the time. The joke cant be about bushes all the time. Some of these jokes will have to be about people, because thats the most interesting topic. So if I come back, Ill have to wait until Im done. And Im not done. I want to do one more. Ill probably have to call it This Is It.

Harveys courtroom series Judge Steve Harvey started its run January 4.

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