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Jon Lovitz speaks out against Hollywood cancel culture: 'No different than McCarthyism'

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Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Jon Lovitz is speaking out about cancel culture. The star joined the myriad of comedians talking about the current state of the genre now that comics face potential cancellation over past or present material.

He even went as far as to compare it to the Red Scare, which saw many in Hollywood get blacklisted in the 1940s.  "I’ll just say it, it’s no different than McCarthyism," the 63-year-old told Page Six in a recent interview.

Lovitz told the outlet that it’s his job to "satirize what’s going on in society and point out the hypocrisies." He believes that cancel culture’s recent prevalence has made it difficult for both him and other comedians to do their jobs as well as they used to be able to. .

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