{"id":711113,"date":"2021-09-02T18:51:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T22:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=711113"},"modified":"2021-09-02T18:51:08","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T22:51:08","slug":"jay-leno-seems-to-defend-cancel-culture-you-either-change-with-the-times-or-you-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jay-leno-seems-to-defend-cancel-culture-you-either-change-with-the-times-or-you-die\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay Leno Seems To Defend Cancel Culture: \u2018You Either Change With The Times Or You Die\u2019"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fjay-leno-seems-to-defend-cancel-culture-you-either-change-with-the-times-or-you-die%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=711113&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:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/GettyImages-1051918918-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A number of comedians have spoken out against cancel culture in recent years, including Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Burr, David Spade, Kevin Hart, Michael Che, and Ricky Gervais. But there\u2019s one comic who doesn\u2019t think the trend of funnymen and women losing jobs for politically incorrect jokes is a problem \u2014 Jay Leno.<\/p>\n<p>The former host of \u201cThe Tonight Show\u201d told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2021-09-01\/jay-leno-you-bet-your-life-game-show-revival-comedians-hollywood\">the Los Angeles Times<\/a> that stand-up acts have always had to adapt to the new norms, saying, \u201cYou either change with the times, or you die.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He argued that today is no different.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I do a gig in Utah and they\u2019ll go, \u2018Look, we don\u2019t want any drug jokes, we don\u2019t want any sex jokes,\u2019 I go, \u2018OK, I\u2019ll take those out\u2019 and I do something else,\u201d&nbsp;he said, adding, \u201cWith the #MeToo movement, all of a sudden the sexist jokes everybody used to do, you can\u2019t do anymore \u2026 You adapt to the circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leno did promise though that the non-partisan approach fans have come to expect from him will continue as he starts his new gig, hosting a revival of the game show, \u201cYou Bet Your Life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll pair a rapper from Chicago with an Ohio farmer lady, and they work as a team and it\u2019s quite funny to watch,\u201d the 71-year-old said. \u201cThere\u2019s no politics, there\u2019s no Trump jokes, there\u2019s no Biden jokes. There are jokes about Congress in that generic sort of \u2018they\u2019re idiots\u2019 type of thing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the past, conservative fans have taken Leno\u2019s tendency to avoid overtly political humor as evidence that he leans right.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-jay-leno-smacks-late-night-shows-one-sided-james-barrett\">reported<\/a>, in 2019, he said he was glad he was no longer hosting a late-night show because \u201ceverything now is if people don\u2019t like your politics \u2014 everyone has to know your politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At that time, Leno said he always used the Johnny Carson model of neutrality, saying, \u201cPeople couldn\u2019t figure out: \u2018Well, you and your Republican friends\u2026\u2019 or \u2018Well, Mr. Leno, you and your Democratic buddies\u2026\u2019 And I would get hate mail from both sides equally. And I went, \u2018Well that\u2019s fabulous! That\u2019s exactly what I want.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the comic legend has also made it clear that he\u2019s not a Republican. A 2009 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/culture\/archive\/2009\/09\/which-way-does-leno-lean\/348011\/\">Atlantic<\/a> story on Leno\u2019s ideological worldview, for example, pointed out what happened when the stand-up read a report claiming he leans right:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"15.221140472879\">\n<p><em>LA Weekly writer&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.laweekly.com\/2004-09-16\/news\/does-mr-middle-of-the-road-lean-left\">Nikki Finke<\/a>&nbsp;made the mistake of labeling Leno \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.laweekly.com\/2003-10-09\/news\/the-right-comic\">The Right Comic<\/a>\u201d back in 2003, after he showed up at Republican Governor Schwarzenegger\u2019s election victory party. An irate Leno responded to Finke\u2019s two separate articles accusing him of having a conservative political bent, resulting in a candid&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.laweekly.com\/2004-09-16\/news\/does-mr-middle-of-the-road-lean-left\">interview<\/a>&nbsp;in which Leno disputed her charge:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2018I\u2019m not conservative. I\u2019ve never voted that way in my life\u2019\u2026He believes \u2018media is in the pocket of the government, and they don\u2019t do their job\u2019 so \u2018you have people like Michael Moore who do it for them.\u2019 He has on his joke-writing staff a number of former professional speechwriters for Democratic candidates. \u2018No Republicans.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A number of comedians have spoken out against cancel culture in recent years, including Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Burr, David Spade, Kevin Hart, Michael Che, and Ricky Gervais. 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