Published 13:33 IST, July 16th 2020

What did Nick Cannon say that got him fired by ViacomCBS? Read on

Television star Nick Cannon was fired by ViacomCBS for the comments he made during an episode of his YouTube Podcast. Find out what he said.

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39-year-old American Television star Nick Cann was fired by ViacomCBS on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Remarks me by Nick Cann during his YouTube Podcast received a lot of backlash from his audiences, thus prompting ViacomCBS to take such an extreme action. In backdrop of Black Lives Matter movement, awareness and action, around intolerant behaviours against African-American community have increased. Nick Cann has recently become one of many celebrities who have been fired by major television networks due to ir controversial comments.

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Nick Cann Podcast: What did Nick Cann Say?

After an audio-only version of Nick Cann podcast Cann's Class of June 30, 2020, was posted, Nick Cann was deunced for supporting and even indulging in hate speech initiated by his guest Richard Griffin. Furrmore, Nick Cann also said that it was a shame that Louis Farrakhan, who is a minister kwn for his history of anti-Semitic comments, h been silenced on Facebook. On Nick Cann Podcast Cann's Class, Cann claimed that he wishes to debate idea of giving so much power to Jewish Community, enraging his viewers even furr. He claimed that with so much power, Jewish community was turning into Illuminati, Zionists, Rothschilds. On Nick Cann Podcast, Cann went on to d that African-American people are Semitic people by definition and that Semitic people are t white.

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What happened with Nick Cann? Why was Nick Cann fired?

According to reports of a media portal, a ViacomCBS spokeswoman said in a statement that company thoroughly deunces all forms of prejudiced words against Jewish community. On Wednesday, July 15, 2020, Nick Cann said in a statement on Facebook that he wanted to apologise to all his Jewish Brors and Sisters for having put m in such a painful position. He said that it wasn’t his intention to hurt m.

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Comedian and Television host said that unfortunately, systemic racism is what this world was built. He also claimed that he only wanted to highlight this fact on Nick Cann Podcast Cann's Class. Nick Cann also took to Twitter on July 14, to claim that he h malice in his heart and that he did t wish to spre hate. Since n, Comedian has posted several tweets on subject and is informing his fans about steps he is taking to educate himself.

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Who is Nick Cann?

Nick Cann is a popular American actor, comedian, writer, rapper and television host. 39-year-old television host has appeared on All That before going on to host  Nick Cann Show, Wild 'N Out, America's Got Talent, and even Lip Sync Battle Shorties. He has also acted in films such as Drumline, Love Don't Cost a Thing and Roll Bounce. Nick Cann married widely popular American singer Mariah Carey in 2008. couple separated and filed for divorce in December 2014. Since divorce was finalised in 2016, y have co-parented ir children.

 

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13:33 IST, July 16th 2020