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History repeated itself tonight, as an NBC late-night program abruptly booted comedian Norm Macdonald from a high-profile gig. This time, it was not Saturday Night Live and Weekend Update, though, but The Tonight Show, which announced just a few minutes ago that it was killing Macdonald's planned appearance on tonight's episode, in the wake of a controversial interview with the veteran stand-up that ran in The Hollywood Reporter today.
As previously reported, Macdonald's interview leads to a "predictable but disappointing" side of a shocking number of pop-culture issues, from his hearsay objections to Hannah Gadsby's NanetteLouis CK and Roseanne Barr, to his belief that Chris Hardwick was a hapless victim of the #MeToo movement. And while Macdonald has now issued an apology for "minimizing the bread" of CK and Barr's actions, it does not seem to be enough to stop The Tonight Show from their comments and from the surrounding area.
"Out of sensitivity to our audience and in light of Norm Macdonald's comments in the press today, The Tonight Show "The show said in a statement tonight. (They'll be extending a Matthew McConaughey interview in the Macdonald segment's place.)
As it happens, Macdonald touched on Tonight host Jimmy Fallon during the interview, defending him from accusations of "humanizing" Donald Trump during the run-up to the 2016 election.
Meanwhile, Macdonald's new Netflix series, Norm Macdonald Has A Show, debuts on September 14.
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