00:00On Tuesday, Norm Macdonald was scheduled to make an appearance on NBC's
00:03Tonight Show, but his visit was canceled in the wake of comments the comedian made
00:07during an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Said a Tonight Show spokesperson,
00:11"...out of sensitivity to our audience and in light of Norm Macdonald's comments in the
00:15press today, The Tonight Show has decided to cancel his appearance on Tuesday's
00:18telecast." Macdonald, who has a new show on Netflix entitled Norm Macdonald Has a
00:22Show debuting this Friday, drew criticism for saying he was happy the Me Too movement
00:27has slowed down a little bit and speaking out about friends and fellow comics Roseanne
00:31Barr and Louis C.K.
00:32"...Roseanne was so broken up after her show's reboot was canceled that I got Louis to
00:36call her, even though Roseanne was very hard on Louis before that," Macdonald said.
00:40"...but she was just so broken and just crying constantly. There are very few people
00:44that have gone through what they have, losing everything in a day. Of course, people
00:48will go, what about the victims? But you know what? The victims didn't have to go through that."
00:52Macdonald quickly drew backlash for his remarks and subsequently took to Twitter to
00:55apologize, writing,
00:57"...Roseanne and Louis have both been very good friends of mine for many years. They
01:01both made terrible mistakes and I would never defend their actions. If my words
01:05sounded like I was minimizing the pain that their victims feel to this day, I'm deeply
01:09sorry." Meanwhile, sources tell THR that Netflix is planning to move forward with
01:13the McDonald's show as planned. To read more on the story, head to THR.com. For The
01:18Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Lyndsey Rodrigues.
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