Katt Williams on supposed “cancel culture” in comedy.

Of all humans on this earth, KATT WILLIAMS explains supposed “cancel culture” and comedy so well. Article faithfully quotes him, but the part of the podcast clip is about 9 minutes in. Of course, the whole interview is quite enjoyable as well!

“My point is, people weren’t all that extremely funny when they could say whatever they wanted to say. At the end of the day, there’s no cancel culture. Cancellation doesn’t have its own culture.” Williams then reminds the hosts of the inherent power imbalance at the root of cancel-culture controversies, saying what’s been labeled “cancel culture” by certain famous comedians is really “people without a voice being trashed by people just because they had a bigger name than them, and more money than them, and a better office than them.” The kicker is when he says, “I don’t know what people we think got ‘canceled’ that we wish we had back.”

Cancel-Culture Discourse Never Ends But at Least Katt Williams Has a Good Take, by Rebecca Alter via Vulture