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'Tonight Show' Cancels Norm Macdonald Appearance Following Controversial Comments | THR News
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On Tuesday, Norm Macdonald was scheduled to make an appearance on NBC’s 'Tonight Show' but his visit was cancelled in the wake of comments the comedian made during an interview with 'The Hollywood Reporter.'
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On Tuesday, Norm Macdonald was scheduled to make an appearance on NBC's
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Tonight Show, but his visit was canceled in the wake of comments the comedian made
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during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Said a Tonight Show spokesperson,
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"...out of sensitivity to our audience and in light of Norm Macdonald's comments in the
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press today, The Tonight Show has decided to cancel his appearance on Tuesday's
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telecast." Macdonald, who has a new show on Netflix entitled Norm Macdonald Has a
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Show debuting this Friday, drew criticism for saying he was happy the Me Too movement
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has slowed down a little bit and speaking out about friends and fellow comics Roseanne
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Barr and Louis C.K.
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"...Roseanne was so broken up after her show's reboot was canceled that I got Louis to
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call her, even though Roseanne was very hard on Louis before that," Macdonald said.
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"...but she was just so broken and just crying constantly. There are very few people
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that have gone through what they have, losing everything in a day. Of course, people
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will go, what about the victims? But you know what? The victims didn't have to go through that."
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Macdonald quickly drew backlash for his remarks and subsequently took to Twitter to
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apologize, writing,
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"...Roseanne and Louis have both been very good friends of mine for many years. They
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both made terrible mistakes and I would never defend their actions. If my words
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sounded like I was minimizing the pain that their victims feel to this day, I'm deeply
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sorry." Meanwhile, sources tell THR that Netflix is planning to move forward with
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the McDonald's show as planned. To read more on the story, head to THR.com. For The
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Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.
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