Steve Harvey Blasts Cancel Culture: Political Correctness …

Actor, comedian, and talk show host Steve Harvey is furious at the cancel culture, which he says has killed comedy, and the fact that every joke now, it hurts somebodys feelings.

The host of the new Judge Steve Harvey series told the media Tuesday that he feels imprisoned by the cancel culture.

Were in the cancel culture now, Harvey told a Television Critics Association press tour panel, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Nobody can say anything he wants to Chris Rock cant, Kevin Hart cant, Cedric the Entertainer cant, D. L. Hugeley 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 sponsored-driven. Hes subscription.

Harvey went on to say that his career as a standup is seriously hampered by the Hollywood left today.

If I had tried to continue as a stand-up, theres no way I could maintain it because political correctness has killed comedy, has killed it, he added. Every joke now, it hurts somebodys feelings. 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 have to be about people because thats the most interesting topic. So if I come back, I have to wait until Im done [with my TV career]. And Im not done. Id have to call it This Is It or something like that.

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However, standup is on hold, Harvey noted, after his wife informed him that God was about to do something I had no idea what hes going to do he was going to give me this [new show], and it turned out to be the best thing that happened to me.

Harveys latest show sets him up as a judge presiding over a small claims court, in the vein of ground breakers such as Judge Joseph Wapner and Judge Judy Sheindlin.

Small claims cases suit Harvey just fine. Violence and criminal cases just arent his speed, he noted.

Every law is not a correct law. We have a law in this country that everybody has the right to bear arms. But everybody shouldnt bear arms. Everybody shouldnt have a gun. Thats clear to me. Every stand your ground [law] everybody shouldnt be told to stand their ground. Thats why Im glad [my show is] not that type of court, de said during the panel.

Harveys new show premiered on Jan. 4 and is seen on ABC affiliates, Tuesdays, during prime time.

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