The former Monty Python hero — who has become a vocal campaigner against 'cancel culture' — will front his own show on the channel, which has been described as a 'British Fox News' and dedicates much of its time to criticizing 'wokeism.'
Earlier this year, Cleese, 82, described cancel culture as a “tragedy,” telling the attendees at the FreedomFest conference in Las Vegas, where he was keynote speaker, that comedians didn’t have the freedom to be funny anymore and that comedy films were now “aimed at young men because they’re the ones who go to the cinema on Friday night.” Last year, it was reported that Cleese was to front a new series calledon Brit network Channel 4 to investigate cancel culture and what it means for comedy.
In November, Cleese appeared to cancel himself when he pulled the plug on an appearance at Cambridge University after a visiting speaker was banned for making a Hitler impression, saying that he was “blacklisting myself before someone else does” and urging organizers to “find a venue where woke rules do not apply.
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