‘Tonight Show’ cancels Norm Macdonald appearance after comments about Louis CK, Roseanne

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• In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter published
  Tuesday, in advance of his upcoming Netflix show, comedian Norm
  Macdonald defended Roseanne Barr and Louis CK, and said he was
  “happy” that the #MeToo movement was “slowing down a
  bit.”
• “The Tonight Show” canceled Macdonald’s appearance on
  Tuesday night’s episode “out of sensitivity” to its audience
  following the interview’s publication. 
• In the THR feature, Macdonald praised “Tonight Show”
  host Jimmy Fallon for his “fun and silliness.”

Jimmy Fallon’s “The Tonight Show”
canceled comedian Norm Macdonald’s scheduled appearance on
Tuesday night’s episode following Macdonald’s controversial
comments about the #MeToo movement in an interview with
The Hollywood Reporter. The show said it canceled the “SNL”
alum’s appearance “out of sensitivity” to its audience.

Macdonald, who is promoting his new Netflix series “Norm
Macdonald Has a Show,” which premieres Friday, defended Roseanne
Barr and Louis CK in the THR interview. He also said he was
“happy” that the #MeToo movement had “slowed down a bit.”

“There are very few people that have gone through what they
have, losing everything in a day,” Macdonald said of Barr and CK.
“Of course, people will go, ‘What about the victims?’ But you
know what? The victims didn’t have to go through that.”

“The Tonight Show” gave the following statement regarding its
decision to cancel:

“Out of sensitivity to our audience and in light of Norm
Macdonald’s comments in the press today, ‘The Tonight
Show’ has decided to cancel his appearance on Tuesday’s
telecast.”

To fill time, the show extended Matthew McConaughey’s
appearance. 

In an ironic twist, Macdonald had also praised “The Tonight
Show” host Jimmy Fallon in the THR interview, particularly for
his 2016 interview with Donald Trump that got tremendous
backlash.

“He is just all about fun and silliness. That’s what his
audience wants,” Macdonald said.

Macdonald apologized for his comments in
a statement on Twitter Tuesday night: “Roseanne and Louis
have both been very good friends of mine for many years. They
both made terrible mistakes and I would never defend their
actions. If my words sounded like I was minimizing the pain that
their victims feel to this day, I am deeply sorry.”