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Initech

(99,913 posts)
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 06:02 PM Sep 2018

Norm Macdonald Compounds Problems With Down Syndrome Comment

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.

He later apologized, but on Wednesday, while discussing the controversy, he gave it new life by telling Howard Stern, “You’d have to have Down syndrome” not to feel sorry for the victims of sexual abuse.

The original remarks came in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter in which Mr. Macdonald, the former “Saturday Night Live” cast member who has a Netflix talk show debuting on Friday, said he was “happy the #MeToo movement has slowed down a little bit.” He criticized a lack of “forgiveness” for the performers who had “all their work in their entire life being wiped out in a single day, a moment.”

Louis C. K., a comedian who wrote the foreword for Mr. Macdonald’s 2016 book, “Based on a True Story,” was accused of sexual misconduct by five women. 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.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/12/arts/television/norm-macdonald-tonight-show-metoo.html


He'll probably be joining Louis CK and Roseanne if he doesn't shut up soon.
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Hav

(5,969 posts)
2. I liked some of his comedy bits,
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 06:10 PM
Sep 2018

on the other side, I think it was him who, on The View, talked about these conspiracy theories that Clinton murdered people. Not sure whether he was joking but he seemed to believe that. So in that regard, I'm quite happy that there is eventually some accountability for the bs you spew.

Also, in regards to MeToo, it's not up to him to demand forgiveness for the abusers.

Initech

(99,913 posts)
6. I loved the movie Dirty Work.
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 06:14 PM
Sep 2018

And I still watch it on occasions. But this is definitely crossing the line that should not be crossed. To say shit like that you must have a screw loose or two.

Eliot Rosewater

(31,097 posts)
4. He bends far to the right, has that attitude that he knows better and the
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 06:11 PM
Sep 2018

real problem isnt filth like rump or whatever but liberals who judge others.

Yes Norm, we judge traitors, racists, misogynists, etc.

TexasTowelie

(111,292 posts)
5. I never liked him when he was on SNL and stopped watching the show when he was on it.
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 06:13 PM
Sep 2018

NBC did he right thing canceling his appearance.

Freethinker65

(9,930 posts)
8. Norm MacDonald, like Dennis Miller, was funny back when he steered clear of politics in his routine
Wed Sep 12, 2018, 06:34 PM
Sep 2018

Interesting, Norm's older brother is/was the well known Canadian journalist Neil MacDonald of The National.

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