Bill Burr Tells Bill Maher That ‘Cancel Culture’ Is ‘Over’ and ‘No One Cares Anymore’; Maher Says Louis C.K. Should Be Welcomed Back: ‘It’s Been Long Enough’
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/bill-burr-cancel-culture-over-bill-maher-defends-louis-ck-1236001213/?cx_testId=48&cx_testVariant=cx_1&cx_artPos=5#cxrecs_s
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Welcomed back to what? C.K. has had many shows over the years. God, Maher is such a noisy hack
Edit: over the recent years I mean
Like Seinfeld saying cancel culture would ruin his show now. “You can’t make fun of homeless people like we did with rickshaws.” As Rob from Always Sunny responds with a picture of Cricket.
And then everyone collectively moved on because nobody should care what Bill Maher says.
Kevin Spacey is an example of cancel culture and he’s back 🤷🏻♀️
Maybe there’s people that think he’s a gross creep and don’t want him back? Is that so bad? You can’t be a shitty creep and do whatever the f you want? Lots of non-celebrities F up in their line of work, they get black-balled in their industry so they find a new career track. Boo f’ing hoo.
Louis CK [won a Grammy in 2022](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sincerely_Louis_CK) and has toured extensively in recent years, I think it would be difficult to call him “cancelled” in 2024.
Cancel culture was never a thing, consequences for actions is all it ever was.
Burr is correct. Maher is wrong.
“what’s the big deal? Louis never pulled his dick out at ME.”
Cancel culture was never a serious thing. Actual criminals faced consequences as they always have. Most “cancelled” people still have a career.
Hopefully burrs next show isnt so awful and whiny then.
You know nobody read the article because there’s some pretty juicy stuff in there that makes Maher look really bad…but people are just commenting on the headline.
He defends Woody Allen from allegations and goes on to say Allen’s reported (age-related) sexual kinks are normal.
“Cancel culture” is just what pieces of shit cry about when they have to face consequences for being a piece of shit. For some reason, these people (and their enablers) think that they’re entitled to popularity.
It’s not about forgiveness. Louis CK is a liability. If you book him and he sexually harasses someone at your club or on your tour, you can’t exactly argue that you didn’t know what he was when you brought him in. You’re likely to get sued if he does something.
I’m sick of Hollywood and politics normalizing being a sick fuck. Maybe I do actually think celebrities should be role models and should lose the spotlight if they cross a line.
Personally I don’t like editorializing by selective photographs, but it is so funny the pictures used for both people. They pick the classiest pic of Bill Burr in a tuxedo, and a schleppy pic of Maher looking confused.
Just a reminder: CK thought it was fun to have women watch him jerk off. He’d ask younger, less famous female comedians if he could take out his junk in a joking manner and then actually do it. His defense was that he asked them first but he apologized and stated he later recognized that he was throwing his weight around with people that felt they couldn’t say no.
It’s a weird thing to do and it makes you wonder about the people adamantly insist that it was no big deal.
Maher has been nervously waiting to be exposed forever. He likely did worse than CK and he’s terrified of it catching up with him. He’s always had that energy that his fame entitles him to use his lessors. He gets mad at the audience when his shit jokes fail and will get mad at the world when his shit behavior comes to light. Protesting far too much man.
Fuck them all, bring back Al Franken.
Bill Maher has acted like he’s waiting for the shoe to drop on him for years. I wonder why?
Louis CK has continue to perform and it is not to a select “cancel committee” to decide this, but for larger entities to book him.
Louis killed his reputation, that’s all that happened. He still wins awards, he still sells tickets, he’s still probably the funniest comedian of the last 40 years….
but he used his power to put women in very uncomfortable situations. He did that, he apologized, but doesn’t take that away, and when you’re trying to laugh and have a good time, you really don’t want that floating around in the back of your head.
No one was ever “canceled.”
People sometimes suffer consequences for their actions.
Why is this hard to understand?
cancel culture is code for “I refuse to acknowledge that I need to grow as an entertainer if I want to keep entertaining”
He‘s a Sick F#CK. He should be ignored.
I just wonder what kind of person defends someone who has publicly admitted that they have a pattern of committing sexual offences.
Lol that’s rich of Burr to say after basically making his entire comedy career in the last few years about wokeness and cancel culture
Bill Burr’s whole shtick seems to be “I’m from Boston and you’re a fuckin’ reetahd.”
I like Keith Olbermann’s stories about what a piece of sh*t Bill Maher was way back in Cornell.
I watched Louis CK and Shane Gillis discuss every American President for an embarrassingly long time a few weeks ago on some YouTube channel. Louis CK made sure all of his Grammys were in the shot at all times.
Yes exposing yourself to woman is a crime but hey we love C.k invite him back. lol Maybe Bill Burr should team up w Drake and campaign to free r Kells! Then try and save bill cosbys career before partying w Didddy
Cancel culture is overblown. You do bad things and you suffer consequences. That’s life. Rich White guys just thought they got a pass and were shocked when they discovered they weren’t special.
Maher is obsessed with ck’s dick. Just admit you want him, Billy. We’re all tired of wealthy comedians screaming at us to laugh at their Grandpa-Simpson-yelling-at-the-clouds act.
Problem is. Plenty still care. Or think they do.
It’s really easy to welcome Louis CK back by Maher, his plants aren’t in therapy after being molested by CK