NBC canceled Norm Macdonald’s appearance on “The Tonight Show” Tuesday after he made comments defending several entertainers accused of wrongdoing, including Louis C.K. and Roseanne Barr, and said their victims “didn’t have to go through” what they did. Ms. Barr, who gave Mr. Macdonald one of his earliest writing jobs, on “Roseanne,” lost her rebooted show on ABC after a racist tweet in May. There are very few people that have gone through what they have, losing everything in a day. The victims didn’t have to go through that.”

Source: New York Times September 12, 2018 06:00 UTC