‘Deeply troubled’: ViacomCBS severs ties with Nick Cannon over anti-Semitic comments

Published July 15, 2020 11:12am ET



ViacomCBS severed their ties with television personality Nick Cannon after he made a slew of anti-Semitic remarks and refused to apologize for them.

The media conglomerate said in a statement to the Washington Examiner on Tuesday evening that they ended working relations with Cannon, 39, after he and Richard Griffin, also known as Professor Griff from the Public Enemy rap group, both promoted anti-Semitic stereotypes on an episode of Cannon’s Class, the host’s YouTube talk show.

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