{"id":422063,"date":"2021-04-14T16:28:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T20:28:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=422063"},"modified":"2021-04-14T16:28:35","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T20:28:35","slug":"john-cleese-mocks-hank-azarias-apology-for-playing-apu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-cleese-mocks-hank-azarias-apology-for-playing-apu\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cleese Mocks Hank Azaria\u2019s Apology For Playing Apu"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjohn-cleese-mocks-hank-azarias-apology-for-playing-apu%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=422063&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1932.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Never one to embrace political correctness or woke culture, \u201cMonty Python\u201d legend John Cleese mocked actor Hank Azaria for apologizing to every Indian American for voicing the beloved character Apu on \u201cThe Simpsons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet on Tuesday, Cleese said that he now apologizes for ever having mocked English-speaking people in his past sketches.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot wishing to be left behind by Hank Azaria, I would like to apologise on behalf on Monty Python for all the many sketches we did making fun of white English people[.] We\u2019re sorry for any distress we may have caused,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.34375\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Not wishing to be left behind by Hank Azaria, I would like to apologise on behalf on Monty Python for all the many sketches we did making fun of white English people<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re sorry for any distress we may have caused<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Cleese (@JohnCleese) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnCleese\/status\/1382035246875516928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Speaking on the \u201cArmchair Expert\u201d podcast with host Dax Shepard earlier this week, Azaria said he finally stepped away from the role of Apu after attending several seminars and learning from other people about how the character hurt them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was speaking at my son\u2019s school, I was talking to the Indian kids there because I wanted to get their input,\u201d Azaria said, as reported by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/simpsons-actor-hank-azaria-feels-he-needs-apologize-to-every-indian-for-apu\">The Hollywood Reporter<\/a>. \u201cA 17-year-old \u2026 he\u2019s never even seen&nbsp;<em>The<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Simpsons<\/em>&nbsp;but knows what Apu means. It\u2019s practically a slur at this point. All he knows is that is how his people are thought of and represented to many people in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Azaria told the boy that he apologized and that he promised to convey to Hollywood that how they portray certain people matters in the real world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really do apologize,\u201d Azaria said. \u201cIt\u2019s important. I apologize for my part in creating that and participating in that. Part of me feels like I need to go to every single Indian person in this country and personally apologize. And sometimes I do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In recent years, some on the Left have attacked \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d character Apu, alleging he perpetuated Indian stereotypes. Spearheading the attack was documentary filmmaker Hari Kondabolu, who created a full-length film about Apu\u2019s problematic nature. Initially, \u201cThe Simpsons\u201d creator Matt Groening dismissed his critics in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/29216\/simpsons-responds-leftist-claims-racism-and-emily-zanotti\">an<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/29216\/simpsons-responds-leftist-claims-racism-and-emily-zanotti\">&nbsp;episode<\/a> where the character Lisa told the critics to take their outrage elsewhere; however, as time went on, the show eventually dropped the beloved character months after Hank Azaria issued his first apology.<\/p>\n<p>John Cleese has been an outward opponent of cancel culture and its attacks against free speech. Speaking with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-people-john-cleese\/cancel-culture-takes-the-fun-out-of-life-says-comedian-john-cleese-idUSKCN24M2QV\">Reuters&nbsp;<\/a>this past July, Cleese said that cancel culture, often fueled by political correctness, \u201cmisunderstands the main purposes of life, which is to have fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything humorous is critical. If you have someone who is perfectly kind and intelligent and flexible and who always behaves appropriately, they\u2019re not funny. Funniness is about people who don\u2019t do that, like Trump,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cleese added that political correctness creates a problem for comedians because they \u201chave to set the bar according to what we are told by the most touchy, most emotionally unstable and fragile, and least stoic people in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/hank-azaria-apologizes-to-every-indian-for-voicing-apu-the-character-is-practically-a-slur\">Hank Azaria Apologizes To Every Indian For Voicing Apu: The Character \u2018Is Practically A&nbsp;Slur\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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