Comedian and actor Steve Harvey criticized cancel culture and the need to be politically correct.
Harvey told reporters Tuesday while promoting his new ABC courtroom comedy series, Judge Steve Harvey, that he cannot do stand-up comedy anymore without losing sponsors and ending his career.
“We’re in the cancel culture now,” he said while speaking during the Television Critics Association press tour, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “Nobody can say anything he wants to — Chris Rock can’t, Kevin Hart can’t, Cedric the Entertainer can’t, D.L. Hughley can’t. I can go down the list. The only person that can say what they want to say onstage is Dave Chappelle because he’s not sponsor-driven. He’s subscription.”
The comedian added that jokes have to be about something, and the most interesting topic is people.
“Political correctness has killed comedy, has killed it,” Harvey noted. “Every joke now, it hurts somebody’s feelings. What people don’t understand about comedians is that a joke has to be about something. … Some of these jokes have to be about people — because that’s the most interesting topic. So if I come back, I have to wait until I’m done [with my TV career]. And I’m not done. I’d have to call it This Is It or something like that.”
Harvey’s new show is a comedic take on small claims court cases based on his opinion and lessons learned in real-life challenges.
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“You’ve got to understand being misunderstood,” Harvey said. “You’ve got to be able to deal with being talked [about] — nobody talks about you if you’re not doing nothing. You’ve got to develop tough skin.”
