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Norm Macdonald keeps finding himself in hot water. After making controversial comments on Roseanne and Louis C.K., the comedian's apology has gotten him in even more trouble.

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00:00I feel bad that Roseanne got fired. I think that we have to be more forgiving of people.

00:07Norm MacDonald keeps finding himself in hot water. After he made controversial comments about Roseanne Barr and Louis C.K.

00:13in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the comedian apologized on Howard Stern's radio show.

00:19But his choice of words has gotten him in even more trouble, and now he's apologizing for that too.

00:24In a THR interview about his new Netflix talk show, he mentioned that he connected Barr with C.K.

00:29following the loss of her TV series Over Racist Remarks. C.K. lost his series over sexual assault allegations.

00:36MacDonald told THR,

00:47MacDonald told Stern his comments on the matter were misconstrued, saying he never defended Barr and C.K.

00:53He added,

00:54And that comment sparked even more controversy. The ARC, an organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities,

01:05blasted MacDonald for his ignorance. So on Thursday's The View, MacDonald said this.

01:10It's always bad when you have to apologize for an apology.

01:14He later added that he chose to use the term Down Syndrome instead of a word we would all say to mean stupid that we don't say anymore.

01:20I realized at that moment that I'd done something unforgivable.

01:25MacDonald's Tonight Show interview was also canceled due to the controversial remarks.

01:30Amid all this news, the reviews are coming in for his new Netflix series, Norm MacDonald has a show.

01:34Do you miss cocaine?

01:37Oh, there's a dog on the set, Chevy.

01:39I never went to a strip club.

01:41Well, we got tonight.

01:42THR's Tim Goodman, who admits he's a MacDonald fan, calls the show pretty terrible.

01:47He writes,

01:48For the full review and more on this story, head to THR.com.

01:57Until next time, for The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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