J.K. Rowling Responds After Graham Norton Is Praised Over Comments About Cancel Culture Being The ‘Wrong’ Phrase To Use
etcanada.comGraham Norton’s comments about cancel culture got people talking on social media this week. The talk show host was asked about his thoughts on celebrities being “cancelled” during an interview at the Cheltenham Literature Festival with Mariella Frostrup. “The word is the wrong word,” he insisted. “I think the word should be accountability,” after questioning how someone could be “cancelled” when he’s reading about them still in a newspaper.
Norton referenced John Cleese constantly taking a swipe at cancel culture. READ MORE: J.K. Rowling Insists Her New Book Is Not Based On Her Despite It Being About A Character Being Criticized For Having Transphobic Views He went on, “It must be very hard to be a man of a certain age, who’s been allowed to say what he wants for years, and now suddenly there’s some accountability.
It’s free speech, but it’s not consequence-free.” Frostrup then mentioned J.K. Rowling, pointing out that it’s not just a middle-aged-man thing.
Not naming names, Norton responded that getting celebs to talk about certain subjects “adds nothing to the discussion” admitting that he gets “embarrassed” about somehow being drawn into it. READ MORE: J.K.
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