The “Harry Potter” star also defended J.K. Rowling against backlash over her transphobic comments: “It’s horrendous, a load of bollocks… She’s allowed her opinion.”
The “Doctor Who” actor was accused of sexual harassment by multiple women in 2021, though no police reports were filed.
“If you’re worried about offending people and constantly thinking of that, you are not going to be very creative,” Cleese said, calling the last great comedies “Roxanne” and “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” both starring Steve Martin.
The real “Hacks” are those who use their platforms to “just continuing to bully people,” Einbinder explained, adding, “Anyone who has been ‘canceled’ is pretty much back to work, especially men.”
“In a proper free society, you should be allowed to make jokes about absolutely anything.”
“Maybe certain green rooms feel like jail, but that’s not jail.”
Also, cancel culture isn’t real.
Depp spoke out on cancel culture while at the San Sebastian Film Festival: “It’s so far out of hand now.”
Rogen says “it’s the nature of comedy” for jokes not to age well, adding, “Jokes are not things that necessarily are built to last.”
Glover says creatives are only experimenting with aesthetic because “people are afraid of getting cancelled.”
