Steve Harvey Slams "Cancel Culture": "Political Correctness Has Killed Comedy"
The actor and comedian claims he can't release another comedy special without ending his career: "Every joke now, it hurts somebody's feelings."
(https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Steve-Harvey-Beloved-Event-GettyImages-1137474304-H-2022.jpg?w=681&h=383&crop=1)
The comedian and actor claimed to reporters Tuesday that he couldn't do another stand-up comedy special unless it were the last thing he ever did in Hollywood, due to content sensitivities.
"We're in the cancel culture now," he said during his show's Television Critics Association press tour panel. "Nobody can say anything he wants to — Chris Rock can't, Kevin Hart can't, Cedric the Entertainer can't, D.L. Hughley can't. I can go down the list. The only person that can say what they want to say on stage is Dave Chappelle because he's not sponsor-driven. He's subscription.
"If I had tried to continue as a stand-up, there's no way I could maintain it because political correctness has killed comedy, has killed it," he continued. "Every joke now, it hurts somebody's feelings. What people don't understand about comedians is that a joke has to be about something. It has to be about somebody. We can't write jokes about puppies all the time. The joke can't be about bushes all the time. Some of these jokes have to be about people — because that's the most interesting topic. So if I come back, I have to wait until I'm done [with my TV career]. And I'm not done. I'd have to call it This Is It or something like that."
He wasn't done: "So one of the reasons I stopped doing stand-up was my wife informed me that God was about to do something — I had no idea what he's 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."
On another political topic, Harvey had a couple of thoughts on the legal system.
"Just because it's the law don't make it right," 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 shouldn't bear arms. Everybody shouldn't have a gun. That's clear to me. Every stand your ground [law] — everybody shouldn't be told to stand their ground. That's why I'm glad [my show is] not that type of court."
Judge Steve Harvey features the Emmy winner presiding over small claims court cases in a comedic primetime take on the popular daytime TV format popularized by shows like Judge Judy.
"I'm going to do this show for two years and it's going to be a huge success," he predicted. "It's based on my opinion and common sense — and I got a Ph.D. in that. I'm a sum total of so many of my challenges. I think the average person just has to remember that every time you fail, every time you're challenged, it's not to destroy you, or to injure you, or to cause you to give up. All of those things are to prepare you for what you ask God for."
He continued, "I wanted to be successful, so I had to be tested. Because, on the way to becoming successful, you've got to understand disappointment. You've got to understand attacks. You've got to understand litigation. You've got to understand being misunderstood. You've got to be able to deal with being talked [about] — nobody talks about you if you're not doing nothing. You've got to develop tough skin. I just say to people when you're going through challenges, to deal with it, envelop it, pray about it and ask for the lesson behind it."
Judge Steve Harvey premiered Tuesday, Jan. 4, on ABC.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/steve-harvey-cancel-culture-1235073289/
actually a very smart move IMO.
Steve Harvey does WAY too much mainstream and family-oriented stuff to be on stage really letting loose.
some people try to have it ALL
like NIck Cannon..who thought he could be the funny playful coontastic mainstream comedian AND some anti-Jew Hebrew Israealite hotep all at once
basically tryna play both sides of the fence.
doesn't work that way toots. Steve is using his noggin.
i watch family feud every night right after work sdsdsdssddsds
Yea Steve is very smart and very focused on keeping a clean image for white audiences and being successful
This coon
He's a business man. That man get big money from multiples sources. Hosting. TV shows. Talk shows. Movie roles. Books. He can't take risks like that and have deals dropped left and right. You already see how they did him for that Miss Universe mistake. Some controversial, INTENTIAL jokes? And at his old age? Steve ain't no fucking fool. Smart ass move for his legacy.
He isn't funny to me.
Ndnfjfhfnfnfj
At least Steve Harvey picks a side and stays in it . Where he stands is clear
Ill give him that much
id much prefer that than someone who flips back and forth and eventually runs back with their tail between their legs ... kissing the same asses of the r people they were going against :disgusted:
Steve actually speaks on stuff like BLM and George Floyd etc . But not every black person is gonna be willing to risk everything to go FULL THROTTLE against the same system that pays their bills . I can understand that . At least he's not silent about what matters . He doesn't act like it doesn't exist and that's nothing happening around him . **cough**chilli*cough**
Mo'nique is another one who just picks a side and stands in it .
People like Nick are a joke.
U can only straddle a fence but for so long .
(https://media2.giphy.com/media/CEqagLI1QmnYI/200.gif)
That was smart.
Quote from: #stillpretty on January 12, 2022, 07:58:43 AM
some people try to have it ALL
like NIck Cannon..who thought he could be the funny playful coontastic mainstream comedian AND some anti-Jew Hebrew Israealite hotep all at once
jdnfm
G
G
G
G
It's the best thing to do.
He has a big audience as a talk show host and he is good at hosting game shows. I don't see him as a comedian like Kevin Hart or LaChapelle anyways.
Quote from: #stillpretty on January 12, 2022, 09:49:43 AM
**cough**chilli*cough**
mcmcnccnccncnnxnxc
You need a blanket or smthn?
:ummwhat:
Steve just be talkin tho. I don't ever remember him being all that edgy or risqué so I'm sure he woulda been fine, but, still smart of him to step down cuz he does typically find a way to put his foot in his mouth. I'm sure there would have been little controversial moments here and there.
Quote from: RIG 7 on January 12, 2022, 09:56:16 AM
Steve just be talkin tho. I don't ever remember him being all that edgy or risqué so I'm sure he woulda been fine
!!!!!
he's not funny OR interesting. his lil peacock comedy special woulda be just fine
Quote from: RIG 7 on January 12, 2022, 09:56:16 AM
Steve just be talkin tho. I don't ever remember him being all that edgy or risqué so I'm sure he woulda been fine, but, still smart of him to step down cuz he does typically find a way to put his foot in his mouth. I'm sure there would have been little controversial moments here and there.
they would found SOMETHING
Fnfnfnf all it takes is one lil joke about someone being gay , trans ... someone of another race or whatever ... or shoot even a joke about black people fjjfjfjfjfjf
Once Twitter gets a hold of a clip and sends it thru the edit/remix machine ....ur publicist is on speed dial for at least 6 months dnnfnfnfnfn
I honestly don't blame him. Like walking thru a minefield
And tbh.... he probably should've even kept this to himself. Now it's drawing unnecessary attention to try n find something. This generation is weird af
Quote from: RIG 7 on January 12, 2022, 09:54:48 AM
Quote from: #stillpretty on January 12, 2022, 07:58:43 AM
some people try to have it ALL
like NIck Cannon..who thought he could be the funny playful coontastic mainstream comedian AND some anti-Jew Hebrew Israealite hotep all at once
jdnfm
G
G
G
G
(https://www.wkbn.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/48/2020/07/Nick-Cannon.jpg?strip=1&w=640)
Quote from: Trey on January 12, 2022, 10:24:15 AM
And tbh.... he probably should've even kept this to himself. Now it's drawing unnecessary attention to try n find something.
am def on the look out
:rthosehotwings:
futire cancelled self
The main ppl he might offend is Black ppl
he's already gotten heat for meeting with Trump, and for how he handled his interview with Mo'Nique. Right now it's his Black church ppl and middle American white ppl audiences that are keeping him afloat
Quote from: #stillpretty on January 12, 2022, 10:17:43 AM
Quote from: RIG 7 on January 12, 2022, 09:56:16 AM
Steve just be talkin tho. I don't ever remember him being all that edgy or risqué so I'm sure he woulda been fine, but, still smart of him to step down cuz he does typically find a way to put his foot in his mouth. I'm sure there would have been little controversial moments here and there.
they would found SOMETHING
Fnfnfnf all it takes is one lil joke about someone being gay , trans ... someone of another race or whatever ... or shoot even a joke about black people fjjfjfjfjfjf
Once Twitter gets a hold of a clip and sends it thru the edit/remix machine ....ur publicist is on speed dial for at least 6 months dnnfnfnfnfn
I honestly don't blame him. Like walking thru a minefield
!!!!
The way those damn loonies run through everything tryna find a problematic crumb
Ch
Quote from: Marilyn on January 12, 2022, 09:36:29 AM
He's a business man. That man get big money from multiples sources. Hosting. TV shows. Talk shows. Movie roles. Books. He can't take risks like that and have deals dropped left and right. You already see how they did him for that Miss Universe mistake. Some controversial, INTENTIAL jokes? And at his old age? Steve ain't no fucking fool. Smart ass move for his legacy.
was he critizised for hosting miss universe in israel?
He was still doing standup? Yuck
Quote from: Mons.Lied. on January 12, 2022, 02:41:56 PM
He was still doing standup? Yuck
No he's just talking. Needed an entry point to complain about the state of the culture "these days." Cancel culture wasn't even a thing when he stopped stand up. He stopped stand up because his star grew and he ended up with 11 other jobs. He didn't stop because of cancel culture
No one wanted to see this big lip jiggaboo do stand up anyway.
Corny ass.
He was always kinda safe in his stand-up routines anyway.
But I do agree.And this trend happened so fast.I was binging 2 Broke Girls recently.And a lot of the stuff said on there would've had the show boycotted in today's climate
I forgot he named the wrong Miss Universe :dead:
Quote from: 𝖘𝖖𝖚𝖎𝖉 on January 12, 2022, 06:07:23 PM
I forgot he named the wrong Miss Universe :dead:
Miss Universe didn't.
Agree with him 100%