Comedian John Cleese announced he will host a new show on cancel culture and “people who believe [they] are purer than they actually are.”
However, the Monty Python actor warned that the “wokes” will likely cancel the show set to air on GB News, a United Kingdom news channel — one Cleese calls “a free speech channel.”
“I don’t know much about modern television because I’ve pretty much given up on it — I mean English television,” Cleese said Monday while speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today program. “Then, I met one or two of the people concerned, and I had a dinner with them and liked them very much. People say it’s a right-wing channel; it’s a free speech channel.”
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Cleese said woke ideology is a threat to society but noted that it is “well, in America, worse” than in the U.K. He admitted that he has also “kind of lost interest” in British politics since the Brexit debates, saying the country “sunk to the lowest intellectual level I can ever remember.”
He noted that his new show would afford him the opportunity to discuss unfamiliar topics with his audience while pointing out that he would be canceled if his show was on the BBC.
“The nice thing about talking to the GB News audience is that they may not be used to hearing the sort of things I’ll be saying,” Cleese said. “The BBC have not come to me and said, ‘Would you like to have some one-hour shows?’ and if they did, I would say, ‘Not on your nelly!’ I wouldn’t get five minutes into the first show before I’d been canceled or censored.”
Following the BBC interview, a Twitter user questioned Cleese regarding whether he thought the content or him, as a person, was the concern.
“So do you believe you’ll never be asked back on the BBC after your GB News show goes out? Or is it just content that gets canceled, in your view, rather than the person? (genuine question),” the Twitter user wrote.
It’s content
There’s a massive about of important information that gets censored, both in TV and in the press
In my new show, I’ll be talking about a lot of it
You should be prepared to be shocked https://t.co/RyYEo34Fhe
— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) October 10, 2022
In response, Cleese said he believed it would be the content and further teased how he would push boundaries.
“It’s content. There’s a massive about of important information that gets censored, both in TV and in the press,” Cleese tweeted. “In my new show, I’ll be talking about a lot of it. You should be prepared to be shocked.”
Another person said he would “look forward to watching it.”
I appreciate your open mindedness, Harry
But beware the ‘wokes’. They won’t like it !
Like all people who believe thet are purer than they actually are, they are authoritarians
Which is why all the best comedians make fun of them https://t.co/6hzfQkH8rg
— John Cleese (@JohnCleese) October 10, 2022
“I appreciate your open mindedness, Harry,” Cleese responded. “But beware the ‘wokes.’ They won’t like it! Like all people who believe [they] are purer than they actually are, they are authoritarians. Which is why all the best comedians make fun of them.”
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Cleese’s new show has yet to be named. It is set to air in 2023.
