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He feels optimistic.
Rob Schneider said he believes cancel culture is “over” despite being booed at his concert earlier this month.
The 60-year-old “Hot Chick” star was seen walking through the streets with a drink in his hand when the New York Post met him before leaving with friends.
When asked what he thought about cancel culture, he told the photographer: “It’s over.”
Schneider also teased his potential appearance in some of his friend Adam Sandler’s upcoming sequel films, including “Happy Gilmore 2” and the possibility of a third installment in another Sandler franchise.
“There better be,” he said when asked if there could be a “Grown Ups 3” movie in the works, adding that he would be interested in acting.
On June 1, Schneider performed at a hospital fundraiser in Canada, but guests weren’t exactly happy with his alleged “transphobic, misogynistic, anti-vaccine” jokes.
“Everyone in the room was groaning, ‘What’s going on?’ “Like, they whisper to themselves,” guest Tynan Allan told CBC earlier this week. “There’s not a single laugh sometimes.”
“It was very clear how uncomfortable everyone felt and how unacceptable the things he was talking about were,” Alan continued.
The hospital later issued a statement condemning Schneider’s jokes.
“Although we recognize that in a free and democratic society, individuals have the right to express their views and opinions and that comedy is intended to be provocative, the content, attitudes and opinions expressed during Mr. Schneider’s set are not consistent with the values of our Foundation Hospitals,” the Hospitals Foundation said. Regina.
“We do not condone, accept, support or share Mr. Schneider’s positions, as expressed during his comedy set, and acknowledge that the performance in this case did not meet the expectations of our audience and team.”
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