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“If I have furthered the hate speech, I wholeheartedly apologize,” Cannon wrote in a rambling Facebook post. He publicly insisted that ViacomCBS apologize to him and hand over ownership of “Wild ‘N Out” to him. We are the true Hebrews.” The remarks were met with widespread outrage, and ViacomCBS moved quickly to sever ties with Cannon, who created the long-running comedy show “Wild ‘N Out” and held deep ties with company’s Nickelodeon kids-and-family unit.Īfter his firing by ViacomCBS, Cannon was combative.
“It’s never hate speech, you can’t be anti-Semitic when we are the Semitic people, when we are the same people who they want to be.” Cannon said during an in interview with rapper Richard Griffin, known for his decades-long record of hate speech against Jews. Last week, the MTV Entertainment Group marked Holocaust Remembrance Day with a PSA featuring a variation on Martin Niemöller’s widely circulated post-World War II confessional “First They Came …”Ĭannon asserted that Black people are “the true Hebrews” during a June 30 episode of his podcast “Cannon’s Class” in which he gave credence to false anti-Semitic conspiracy theories regarding “Zionists” and the Rothschild family. As part of that initiative, Cannon, Cooper and Greenblatt recently participated in a town hall with company employees.
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Viacom and MTV have long been partners with the ADL on a number of initiatives - among them a corporate culture code for MTV Entertainment Group instituted last year under McCarthy and which the Museum of Tolerance, GLAAD and Color of Change also consulted on. When asked for comment, Cannon’s rep said that he is unavailable as he is currently quarantining after testing positive for COVID. Marans of the American Jewish Committee and Rabbi Motti Seligson of Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters have publicly engaged with Cannon and expressed support for his efforts.
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Cooper added that the spirit of Cannon’s dialogue with him appeared to be “How do we roll up our sleeves? What can we do together?” Other Jewish leaders, including Greenblatt, Rabbi Noam E. “He appears to be someone who’s genuine in his desire to make sure people understand his apology,” Wiesenthal Center associate dean Rabbi Abraham Cooper told the Associated Press at the time. A month earlier, Cannon toured the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s Museum of Tolerance and pledged a donation to the organization.
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In August, Cannon and Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt co-authored an op-ed in the Jewish newspaper the Forward on the anniversary of 2017 the white-supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., and the need for Black and Jewish leaders to work together. On a separate note, we just learned that he tested positive for COVID and have reached out to wish him a speedy recovery.”Ĭannon has earned praise in recent months from Jewish leaders for partnering with Jewish community organizations against anti-Semitism. “Those efforts are of the utmost importance and that’s why we have invited him to rejoin our team. “Nick has not only apologized and taken responsibility for his comments, but he has also worked to educate himself and others through engagement with Jewish leaders and on his platforms,” an MTV Entertainment Group spokesperson told Variety. Old episodes of “Wild ‘N Out” are returning to VH1’s linear schedule this week.
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Production on new episodes of Cannon’s long running comedy series “Wild ‘N Out” is expected to resume at some point beyond the near future. The move, company insiders tell Variety, comes as a result of the steps that the performer and producer has taken to engage and partner with Jewish leaders and make amends for anti-Semitic statements he made last summer that led to ViacomCBS to cut its ties to Cannon. ViacomCBS has reestablished its working relationship with Nick Cannon.