ViacomCBS is ending its decades-prolonged relationship with Nick Cannon after the actor and TV host propagated anti-Semitic conspiracy theories on his podcast.
“While we give a remove to ongoing training and dialogue within the fight in opposition to bigotry, we are deeply skittish that Nick has failed to acknowledge or squawk regret for perpetuating anti-Semitism, and we are terminating our relationship with him,” the media conglomerate mentioned in a statement. “We’re dedicated to doing better in our response to incidents of anti-Semitism, racism, and bigotry. ViacomCBS would possibly per chance well occupy extra announcements on our efforts to fight disapprove of all forms.”
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In a June 30 episode of his podcast “Cannon’s Class,” Cannon interviewed Professor Griff, a rapper who had been fragment of the neighborhood Public Enemy till he was once fired in 1989 for announcing that “Jews are liable for the bulk of the wickedness within the sphere.”
In the interview, Cannon praised Griff and the anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, and promoted conspiracy theories regarding the Rothschild banking family and claims that folks of African descent are the “gorgeous” Jews. “That you just would possibly additionally’t be anti-Semitic when we are the Semitic folks,” he mentioned.
After a video of the interview started attracting criticism, Cannon published defensive tweets, claiming that he had “no disapprove in my coronary heart nor malice intentions,” nonetheless did no longer squawk regret for offending Jewish folks.
As a 2017 Forbes article laid out, Cannon has had a commercial relationship with Viacom ever since he was once a bit one actor on Nickelodeon within the unhurried 1990s. “Wild ‘n Out,” a sketch comedy and improv demonstrate created and hosted by Cannon, had been airing on Viacom channels MTV and VH1 since 2005, with the most latest season airing earlier this 300 and sixty five days.
Cannon is furthermore the host of Fox’s “The Masked Singer.” Fox has thus some distance no longer made a statement about Cannon’s latest comments.
Correction: A previous model of this article mentioned that Professor Griff was once once a member of NWA. In actual fact, he was once once a member of Public Enemy.
Aiden Crimson is the deputy news editor of the Forward. Contact him at red@forward.com or articulate him on Twitter @aidenpink
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