Could Nicki Cannon be heading back to ViacomCBS?
It appears the door is…open.
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As widely reported, the comic’s controversial comments made about race and Jewish lineage on a June podcast swam to the surface and went viral.
The fall-out – which included an initially defiant stance from the star – saw the media giant sever ties with the star. A move which took Cannon’s ‘Wild N’ Out’ show with it.
In a rapidly evolving series of events, the 39-year-old demanded full ownership of the MTV show and levelled a number of accusations at the media giant. Only to shortly after issue a lengthy apology for his initial remarks.
He has since donated to the Jewish Center and met with many Jewish religious leaders. Both in a bid to express his regret and educate himself.
Now, the latter set of actions seems to have boded in his favor. Because ViacomCBS have revealed they are open to working with Cannon again.
Chris McCarthy, president of entertainment and youth brands at ViacomCBS, confirmed as much.
Speaking at a town hall with employees, he said of Cannon:
“Let me start with stating the important and hopefully obvious fact – what Nick said was wrong, hurtful, and it was offensive. We have to stand up for our values – clear and simple. Hate against one of us is hate against any of us and Nick’s comments were anti-Semitic. So, we needed to stand up to that and we did that which was the right thing to do.
I don’t know if anyone has been following Nick’s journey since the incident – I have, and the thing that’s unique about Nick – different from many others, is that Nick owned it. He apologized, he said it was wrong. He has since been on a journey of learning and understanding, and more importantly, he is using his voice to help educate other people and is becoming an advocate on this issue. This is consistent with the Nick I’ve known for ten years.
“As I look back on all of this, I regret that we didn’t have our new “Cultural Code” built sooner. It’s a shame that it took an incident like this for us to take a step back and have a clear process in place to address issues like this. Part of that came from when I asked myself – ‘what could we have done that would have made it better or what can we do to prevent this from happening in the future?’
“I struggle with the fact that Nick, a longtime partner and friend of ours, is on this journey and we’re not part of that journey. And that’s honestly where the our new ‘Cultural Code’ came from and bringing in social justice partners so we all have the base-level education. And, if I could change anything, I would have asked us to build that two years ago.”
McCarthy later added:
“We’re in the content business and we all understand the power of telling stories. The gift that we have as storytellers is to transport audiences into new worlds and experiences – enabling them to walk in someone else’s shoes. And when we do this well, we can give the gift empathy and understanding. And we do this all the time, as we will see from the upcoming video. And we have been doing it for years, from the early days of Real World, to 16 and Pregnant, to what Trevor (Noah) does every day. We help other people understand the world we live in. And we need to step up even more.
So, when I take a step back, I am hopeful. I am hopeful we find a way to bring these two things together and hopefully we will have the opportunity to do that with Nick again.”
With that, what are…
They need to give Nick back all his gigs. Point blank.
Your white s**** masters have brought u down on ur knees , now ur begging
A very stupid black man. An idiot
U better kiss that white àss if u want ur job back.
Clownery.
Now who’s more superior, white man or black man? 🤣
Not you. You live on the gossip blogs commenting on other people who are doing much better than you
It’s a two-edged sword. Will we show empathy and allow a “journey of learning and understanding” for any white person who speaks hatefully about black people and then sits down with NAACP leaders?
Yes, kiss that ring, like a good n!gger[this dude bin a uncle tom for a min I was shock when he act up and was trying to be more than what he is, he was clearly on some strong stuff]. You know bad n!ggers don’t last long unless you have a strong foundation and even then you still have to watch what you say and don’t go too far over that line.
Let that had been a white dude and you wouldn’t have never seen him again, this dude calls whites savages, less than human, cave dwellers, says that black people are superior because of the color of their skin etc. Says this s*** on tape as part of a show he produces, not caught secretly saying it or hearsay and keeps any job, really? This dude with mariah Carey, and her white mom, how is that family reunion, I called her mother a savage no melanin having barbarian. He’s racist as S***, come on. I don’t care if he stays but don’t go around saying you against racism and this dude is a host of Puppets singing in Prime time, rally? Nah, don’t cry about racism no more.
Blacks CANNOT BE racist you moron. Maybe prejudice, but not racist. Learn the difference. People like you want to be oppressed so bad. 🙄
He looks like a certified clown 🤡 kissing their asses. Talking all that s*** and can’t back it up because you need THEIR $$$. No ownership in anything. I can’t take this dude seriously.
How pathetic how does it feel licking massa boots
First of all, we love everybody.
That being said, we live in a world full of inequalities.
When it comes to Jews, and I’m not even saying that in a shady way, people can’t speak a word because so called critics are quick to jump at your throat and call you names.
However, when it comes to other nations who have been massively murdered (Armenia, Rwanda…) everything and anything is being said.
The Armenian genocide hasn’t officially been recognized for example. How normal is that ? Everything is documented just like what happened during WWII with Jews.
Now try denying the holocaust… you won’t get the same treatment.
I’ll leave it to that.
My opinion, they lost viewership/ money 💵 when they fired Nick. If by chance they are trying to renegotiate a contract with Nick to come back Nick, remember ownership means everything and control when you should never have to be put I in that position ever again. Good luck Nick
Let that had been a white dude and you wouldn’t have never seen him again, this dude calls whites savages, less than human, cave dwellers, says that black people are superior because of the color of their skin etc. Says this s*** on tape as part of a show he produces, not caught secretly saying it or hearsay and keeps any job, really? This dude with Mariah Carey, and her white mom, how is that family reunion, I called her mother a savage no melanin having barbarian. He’s racist as S***, come on. I don’t care if he stays but don’t go around saying you against racism and this dude is a host of Puppets singing in Prime time(Masked Singer,on FOX), really? Nah, don’t cry about racism no more.
GOOD MORNING B****** – JEWS ARE NOT PART OF THE WHITE RACE, ASK HITLER + JEWS COME IN ALL COLORS.
Nick has alot of influence on his young fans & that’s why Viacom was right to fire him. His hateful, bigoted point of view on white & Jewish people was how he really felt until he got fired. He’ll apologize now to everybody cuz he don’t want to lose millions of dollars. Roseanne was fired for alot less offence than what Nick Cannon said.
F*** them white mfs, gon with that lawsuit bro, they only working with you so you don’t work against them. We the true hebrews.