Frank Skinner reveals his opinion on cancel culture as he weighs in on woke debate after Ricky Gervais branded it a 'weird sort of fascism' and Jimmy Carr insisted he'll never apologise for his comedy
8 months ago

Frank Skinner reveals his opinion on cancel culture as he weighs in on woke debate after Ricky Gervais branded it a 'weird sort of fascism' and Jimmy Carr insisted he'll never apologise for his comedy

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Frank Skinner has revealed what he thinks of cancel culture as he discussed what it is like being a comedian in today's society. However Frank had a less outspoken approach as he joked: 'It's not like I am sitting and thinking "Oh I can't use my 40 minutes of racist material" I just want to go out and people have a good time.' Frank Skinner has revealed what he thinks of cancel culture as he discussed what it is like being a comedian in today's society during Wednesday's episode of Loose Women Fellow comic Ricky Gervais has been incredibly vocal about his disapproval of the woke phenomenon and more recently Jimmy Car said he will never apologise for his comedy He continued: 'So I don't really want to hurt anyone's feelings in the audience, I don't want to shock anybody.' As panellist Coleen Nolan asked whether he finds it more difficult making jokes in the age we are now in, he admitted: 'The things that we are supposedly not allowed to say I don't want to say anyway' He joked: 'It's not like I am sitting and thinking "Oh I can't use my 40 minutes of racist material" I just want to go out and people have a good time' Frank added: 'Yeah well you know, if I am going to shock them it will just be the shock that I'm still alive' Ricky said in 2021: 'If you're mildly conservative, you're Hitler and if you're centrist and you look at both arguments, you're a coward. Just because you're offended it doesn't mean you're right' Meanwhile Jimmy admitted earlier this month that he doesn't engage with criticism regarding his comedy as he argued that jokes 'are like magnets, they attract some people and repel others'.

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