Celebrities are done with cancel culture

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This former SNL star has some harsh words for the cancel culture mob

Celebrities seem to have had enough of cancel culture.

It doesn’t matter who you are, if you say something that even sniffs of being offensive, you’re immediately canceled.

And this former SNL star has some harsh words for the cancel culture mob.

Former Saturday Night Live cast member Jon Lovitz recently joined the myriad of comedians talking about the current state of comedy.

Of all the people being attacked by the cancel culture mob, the comedians appear to be getting hit the hardest.

Comics are facing potential cancelation not just over present material but over past material that in some cases is decades old.

In discussing the current state of comedy, Lovitz went as far as to compare cancel culture to the Red scare, which saw many in Hollywood get blacklisted in the 1940s.

“I’ll just say it, it’s no different than McCarthyism,” Lovitz said in an interview with Page Six.

Lovitz believes that cancel culture is making it hard for him and other comedians to even do their job anymore.

A comedian’s job is to “satirize what’s going on in society and point out the hypocrisies,” Lovitz stated.

“As soon as you say to a comedian like me, ‘You can’t say that,’ the first thing in my head is, ‘Oh, and now I have to,'” the comedian explained.

The former SNL star did go on to say there is a difference between making a joke about something and “being outright mean.”

“If you don’t have the ability to laugh at yourself, don’t go to a comedy club. I’m not changing my act. If you’re watching TV and you don’t like the show, change the channel. It’s very simple,” Lovitz said.

Jon Lovitz and so many others in Hollywood are seeing the backlash over what people used to find funny and entertaining.

We are in a culture of “everything is offensive,” and it has gone too far.

Gone are the days of being able to poke fun at someone and have it garner laughs.


Now, if someone even hints at cracking a joke about another person, they’re deemed racist, sexist, or a whole host of other things.

Jon Lovitz and many other comedians who are speaking up about this issue are right – people need to loosen up.

Culture Watch News will keep you up-to-date on any developments to this ongoing story.


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