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Piers Morgan had vowed to "uncancel" those who had been cancelled, after losing his job on Good Morning Britain, Laurence Fox promptly hit back, accusing of profiting off the phenomenon.The actor, who formed the Reclaim political party in 2020 against wokeness, claimed that Piers' success was based on cancel culture.Reposting an article about the aims of Piers' new TalkTV show Uncensored, Laurence sneered disapprovingly: "From the chubby slug who made his millions promoting cancel culture."Piers quickly hit back last night: "Actually, I defended you from the cancel culture mob… but sadly, you then went bonkers.

Loose Women panellist Carol McGiffin, 62, has reminisced about the “old days” of the ITV lunchtime show where she felt she had more freedom to say what she wanted. Carol has been a regular on the programme since the early 2000s and recently opened up about how things have changed.Speaking on the latest episode of Kate Thornton’s White Wine Question Time podcast, Carol recalled: “The old days, back on Loose Women, were great."Not to say that I don’t have a great time now, but when I think about those times back then, things were just so much freer."She said that the hosts used to be able to "talk about things" they simply can't discuss anymore.She continued: “The way we talked to each other was completely different to what we can do now because you’ve just got this epidemic of offence, everyone’s just offended by everything, and it’s hard, it is quite hard to work in telly now.”Kate, who presented Loose Women from 2009 until 2011, then chimed in: “To do a live show where you are hired to pass opinion and comment, every day is a tightrope between flying or dying by cancellation.”Carol agreed: “Yeah, it is.

Netflix star, 60, told how he isn't afraid to shy away from cancel culture as he prepares to return to the stage.It comes as the comedian played an intimate trial gig on Wednesday to test out his new material.Performing at Leicester Square Theatre, the After Life star reportedly elicited laughs throughout the show as he shocked his audience.The comic slammed modern ideals as "nonsense" and explained the reasoning behind the title of his tour.Whilst on stage, the star told the audience how the new show would be titled Armageddon, and will explore how he believes humanity will come to an end.He said: "People born this century are going to have a very ­different middle age to me."It’s my fault and the generation before me, the Boomers, with fossil fuels, deforestation, causing global warming, everything like that."So, 20-year-olds today, in 40 years time they’ll be huddled in their houses like prisons, wearing masks, afraid, in pain, crying like they do now over jokes," he added.Ricky went on, according to The Sun: "I am going to spend all of my money on private jets from now on, to make sure it definitely f***ing happens."Ricky previously said how he'd set out to “get cancelled” with brand-new show Armageddon, as he will be “treating it like it’s my last one ever”.He said: "One thing I’ve decided to definitely do, and can’t wait to start on, is my new stand-up show, which is going to be called Armageddon.“I’m treating it like it’s my last one ever."It won’t be, but I want to put everything into it," he continued.The comedian went on: “I want to try and get cancelled.

Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan announced his new TalkTV show Uncensored earlier this month, declaring that it will "cancel the cancel culture".

Piers Morgan has hit out at the students of Yale Law School who protested during an anti-free speech event. Piers took to social media to angrily condemn the students’ actions as “insane”, in view of his 7.9 million followers. Piers, 56, took to Twitter today to weigh in on the events that took place at Yale Law School.He wrote: “This is where woke bulls*** is taking the world… “Supposedly ‘liberal’ students losing their minds over the concept of free speech.

Twitter to defend himself amid a backlash to his comments about slavery at the SXSW Festival.The Monty Python star, 82, hit back at a fellow user before taking a swipe at the reporter who interviewed him at the event, where his microphone was removed by a fellow comedian and panellist.In view of his 5.7 million followers, the award-winning actor defended his comment that British people should be given reparations for being enslaved, which sparked a fierce backlash.His microphone was snatched away by another comedian who claimed they did so to "save his career".Twitter user @sajidmerchant took issue with John's comments and sent him a message explaining why.They wrote: "John, I love ur humor man, but mockingly comparing getting reparations for things that happened 1000 years ago, to things that happened less than a generation ago is a flawed comparison. (sic)"But u do u." (sic) they finished.John replied: "Quite right, Sajid.

She explained: “I saved a comic whose career I respect.”But John continued: “I want reparations from Italy… And then the Normans came over in 1066.“They were horrible people from France and they colonised us for 30 years and we need reparations there too, I’m afraid.”John notoriously pulled out of an appearance at Cambridge University last year after art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon, who was a visiting speaker, was banned for doing a Hitler impression.Explaining his absence, John said he was “blacklisting myself before someone else did.”John wrote in view of his 5.6 million Twitter followers: "I was looking forward to talking to students at the Cambridge Union this Friday, but I hear that someone there has been blacklisted for doing an impersonation of Hitler"I regret that I did the same on a Monty Python show, so I am blacklisting myself before someone else does," he added."I apologise to anyone at Cambridge who was hoping to talk with me, but perhaps some of you can find a venue where woke rules do not apply," John said.In 2020 he criticised what he branded as "woke" comedy after the BBC Studios-owned broadcaster UKTV removed an episode of Fawlty Towers from its back catalogue.UKTV deleted The Germans from its Gold Box Set of shows as it contained “racial slurs”.John co-created and starred in Fawlty Towers between 1975-1979.He did not agree with UKTV’s decision, stressing that cancel culture took the “fun” out of life.He told the Straits Times: “I think that they misunderstand one of the main purposes of life which is to have fun.“What you have to realise about humour is that it’s true to say that everything humorous is critical.“If you have someone who is perfectly kind and intelligent and flexible and always behaves

Gardeners’ World star Monty Don took to Twitter this morning to call out those defending the use of peat as an “anti-woke attack”. Peat is essentially a growing medium for gardeners, which has come under fire in recent years for the damage it does to the environment.Monty, 66, sent out a tweet today in view of his 249,200 followers about the continued use of peat in gardening. He wrote: “Using peat is defended by some as an anti-woke attack on individual choice and liberty. “Got to get past this.

BRITs tonight, was accused of being anti-trans on Twitter following her acceptance speech. During the heartfelt speech, Adele acknowledged that the show had done away with gendered categories, and added that she “loved being a woman and a female artist.When Adele, 33, stepped onto the stage of the O2 Arena to accept her Artist of the Year award, she took it as an opportunity to express how proud she was of herself and fellow female artists.During her speech, she said: “I understand why the name of this award has changed, but I love being a woman and being a female artist—I do!“I'm really proud of us, I really, really am."Despite receiving rapturous applause at the live event, her speech went on to spark a furious debate on Twitter.The online outcry seemed to stem from a tweet by a Twitter user called OhHeyJacob, which read: “Please, no, ADELE can't be a TERF.“That last comment, though ambiguous, could be perceived as TERF-y.

ever “canceled” celebrity after notoriously getting suspended and reinstated from the A&E hunting show in 2013 over alleged homophobic comments. Now, nearly 10 years on, the “uncancelable” 75-year-old reality TV star says he doesn’t regret the remarks, and claims he wishes cancel culture “sinners” would quit “accusing each other.”Robertson dropped the feather-ruffling remarks while hyping the Tuesday release of his new book, “Uncanceled: Finding Meaning and Peace in a Culture of Accusations, Shame, and Condemnation,” which argues how Christianity is the perfect antidote to cancel culture.“We’re all guilty of sin.

docuseries “Secrets of Playboy” aired damning allegations of abuse against the late nudie mag magnate.“We sign our names to support Hugh M. Hefner,” reads the bombshell letter, which was reportedly signed by “hundreds” of Hef loyalists from former Playboy bunnies to ex-girlfriends, People magazine reported.

“I want to try and get cancelled. No, I just want to go all-out there.”He went on: “It’s about the end of the world and how we’re going to destroy ourselves for lots of reasons, whether it’s media stupidity, or the actual end of the world.”This isn't the first time Ricky has hinted he might want to step back amid mention of this potentially being his "last" show.Writing on Twitter last week, he penned: “I will never get over the reaction to After Life and I'll probably never better it.

cancel culture with his new stand-up show “Armageddon” and push the boundaries of comedy. “One thing I’ve decided to definitely do, and can’t wait to start on, is my new stand-up show,” the Brit told Heat magazine recently.The “After Life” star added, “I’m treating it like it’s my last one ever. It won’t be, but I want to put everything into it.

cancel culture.Ricky told Heat: “One thing I've decided to definitely do, and can't wait to start on, is my new stand-up show, which is going to be called Armageddon.“I'm treating it like it's my last one ever. It won't be, but I want to put everything into it. “I want to try and get cancelled.

Musical theatre icon Elaine Paige, 73, was revealed to have split from her younger boyfriend of eight years in 2018. In an interview two years later, the actress suggested that she didn’t have a problem with a bit of flirting.The Radio 2 star appeared to have found happiness with advertising executive Justin Mallins after vowing never to marry, but it sadly wasn’t to last.Months after celebrating her 70th birthday in 2018, her relationship ended with Justin, who was 23 years her junior.Justin was 47 at the time of their split and the pair had often addressed their unconventional age gap.Before she dated Justin, the Evita star also had high-profile long-term relationship with lyricist Sir Time Rice, which lasted for 11 years.In December 2020, MailOnline reported that Elaine Page said she couldn’t see the harm in “a little flirting” and even said she would have been “insulted” if casting directors hadn't “tried it on” with her.Speaking about her career spanning five decades, she addressed what the casting couch had been like a bygone era.She said following the birth of the #MeToo movement: “I'm glad to say that yes, there were a couple of instances of the casting couch - there was a lot of that in our era, being the age I am.“And I would have felt insulted, frankly, if not - you'd think there was something wrong with you. “But one was always on one's mettle and always knew how to deal with things.

Former cricket captain David Gower OBE has spoken about how you can “get picked up for virtually anything” on social media. One example the cricket commentator gave was being called out over the distinction between “batter” and “batsman”. David returned from Australia last week after England’s lack-lustre performance in the Ashes, crumbling to 124 in just 38.5 overs.Considered one of the most stylish left-handed batsmen of his era, the 64-year-old pundit has shown that he’s not afraid to call out the team when necessary. “It’s been horribly obvious to people watching from a distance that Eoin Morgan has everything he wants with the white-ball team…but poor old Joe Root finds himself with people who aren’t available because, where are they?” David asked.“They are in the IPL.

Variety reported.The period drama’s title and plot have yet to be revealed. However, the flick will reportedly follow the life of the controversial French monarch, who was nicknamed “the beloved” and ruled for 59 years — the longest reign in France’s existence since Louis XIV.

Cancel culture is everywhere and whether you agree with the practice of “canceling” public figures for their possible problematic views or ideas, it’s probably here to stay.From political figures to film stars, it turns out that celebrities make public boo-boos just like the rest of us. However, their mishaps are broadcast for all the world to see — and fans get to “Command+Delete” these celebs all over social media and watch as their careers fade fast.For some figures like Mel Gibson and Louis C.K., cancel culture seems to not exist, despite them being called out time and time again for their controversial actions.But, fans digress.Dr.

gossip blogger since the early 2000s, writing some not-so-nice things about celebs such as Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan.In a recent episode of “Red Table Talk: The Estefans,” Hilton, whose real name is Mario Lavandeira, discussed cancel culture and how he has accepted the fact that fans may never forgive him for his skewering of young stars back in the day.“I’ve accepted that, in the minds of the overwhelming majority, I am irredeemable,” the 42-year-old told hosts Gloria Estefan, her daughter Emily Estefan and her niece Lili Estefan.“There is nothing I could ever do — change, grow, evolve, mature — to make things right with my past. Like, not even if I donated all of the money that I’ve made over the last year.

publicly revealed that he had not been fired from the long-running ABC sitcom.According to sources close to the show, it was a mutual decision for Garlin not to return to the series, Deadline reported. Meanwhile, the comedian’s termination is effective immediately — and he will not complete his work on the remainder of “The Goldbergs'” ninth season.

Jimmy hit out at people complaining over the hardships of living life in the public eye, even going so far as to describe being a celebrity as “the natural state”. During the podcast Out To Lunch With Jay Rayner, the host asked him about his life in the spotlight. In response, he said: “Yeah. Love it.