Steve Harvey
HBO
Steve Harvey says he’s quit stand up because of cancel culture. He explained, “The only way I can do one more special, is that it would have be to at the end of my television career, because it will end my television career. We’re in the cancel culture, and nobody, no stand-up alive that is sponsor-driven can say anything he wants to. Chris Rock can’t, Kevin Hart can’t, Cedric the Entertainer can’t. I can go down the list.” Usually, comedians blaming cancel culture for a downturn in their comedy career sounds lazy, but this reasoning behind losing the millions sponsors give him seems fair. Harvey does still perform improvised stand-up sets directly for the audience during commercial breaks at Family Feud, which I experienced firsthand, so that’s probably how he gets the bug out.