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>>> WELCOME TO THE SHOW. SO, SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE GREAT.
WE KNOW THIS, RIGHT?
IT CAN MAKE OR BREAK YOU AS WE
HAVE SEEN WITH SEVERAL
CELEBRITIES AS OF LATE.
>> THE LATEST PERSON CAUGHT FOR
TWEETING BADLY IN THE PAST, THE
HEISMAN TROPHY WINNER.
YEP, OKLAHOMA'S KYLER MURRAY
TWEETED THE APOLOGY FOR THE
TWEETS HE POSTED YEARS AGO WHEN
HE WAS A TEENAGER, 14 OR 15
YEARS OLD.
YEARS OLD. HE USED A POOR CHOICE OF WORDS
AND IT DOES NOT REFLECT WHO HE
IS OR WHAT HE BELIEVES.
WE HEARD SIMILAR THINGS FROM
OTHER PEOPLE AND WE CAN'T
FORGET OBVIOUSLY ABOUT KEVIN
HART, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT
LAST FRIDAY NIGHT AND HIS
RECENT TWITTER PROBLEM.
>> THERE IS A COMEDIAN STANDING
UP FOR HART AND HE DID IT BY
NAME DROPPING OTHER COMEDIANS
USING SIMILAR WORDS.
LET'S GET SERIOUS ABOUT COMEDY.
>> THE SERIOUS THING FOR ME TO
SEE WHEN HE OPENS UP THE DOOR
REAL SLOW IS THAT BABY WITH A
LOT OF ENERGY ON THE OTHER
SIDE.
SIDE.
SIDE. [
SIDE. [ LAUGHTER ] >>
Reporter: ON THE STAGE THEY
MAKE US LAUGH.
>> WE ARE COMEDIANS WE SAY THE
THINGS THAT SHOULD NOT BE SAID.
>> Reporter: AND FUNNY MEN
HRAOEUG GREG COLEMAN SAY THINGS
THAT OTHERS BLUSH.
>> I HAVE BEEN STOPPED MORE
THAN PEOPLE LIKE.
YEAH, I AM GLAD YOU SAID THAT.
>> Reporter: BY NOW YOU HEARD
WHAT HE SAID VIA TWEET YEARS
AGO.
AGO.
AGO. IT
AGO. IT LED TO CONTROVERSY FOR THE
COMEDIANS.
COMEDIANS. >> ONE OF THE BIGGEST FEARS IS
MY SON GROWING UP AND BEING
GAY.
GAY.
GAY. >>
GAY. >> Reporter: WHEN THE ACADEMY
ASKED HART TO APOLOGIZE HE SAID
NO.
NO.
NO. >>
NO. >> I
NO. >> I AM NOT MAD AT KEVIN FOR
THE WAY HE HANDLED THIS.
I THINK IT IS MORE THE ACADEMY.
THAT IS A STICKY SLOPE.
KEVIN WITHOUT OF LOST A LOT OF
CREDIBILITY AS A COMEDIAN TO GO
BACK AND REAPOLOGIZE JUST FOR
THE ACADEMY.
THE ACADEMY. >> Reporter: AS A COMEDIAN OR
A MAN OF COLOR.
>> I THINK A LITTLE BIT OF
BOTH.
BOTH.
BOTH. THERE ARE QUESTIONS WHEN PEOPLE
TALK ABOUT, IS THERE DOUBLE
STANDARDS FOR COMEDIANS AND
PERSON OF COLOR?
YES, THERE IS A PIECE OF PERSON
OF COLOR, YO, WHY DO I ALWAYS
HAVE TO JUMP THE HIGHEST AND
RUN THE FASTEST AND BE THIS OR
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>Reporter: OVER THE WEEKEND
COMEDIAN CAME OUT CALLING OUT
CHELSEA HANDLER AND OTHER
TWEETS CALLED HOMOFHOBIC.
>> YOU WANT TO STAND --
HOMOPHOBIC.
HOMOPHOBIC. >> YOU WANT TO STAND UP.
>> COMICS DON'T KILL OTHER
COMICS, FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
>> IF HART COMES OUT AND SAYS
SOMETHING THAT OTHERS ARE NOT
ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH, IT IS
A STICKY SLOPE.
MORE AS A COMEDIAN WE ARE ALL
UNDER PRESSURE, BLACK, WHITE,
WHATEVER.
WHATEVER.
WHATEVER. PEOPLE ARE GETTING FIRED FROM
SHOWS, NOT GETTING BOOKED AT
CLUBS BECAUSE OF THINGS THAT
HAVE BEEN SAID OR FEEL.
>> SHOULD PEOPLE CLEAN UP THEIR
OLD TWEETS?
OLD TWEETS? >> DEFINITELY.
>> DEFINITELY. THAT IS WHAT I WAS DOING BEFORE
YOU GUYS CAME IN HERE.
JUST IN CASE.
YOU GOT TO DELETE.
YOU HAVE TO WATCH WHAT YOU SAY.
THE CLUB IS PROTECTED.
SO MANY NOW ARE ASKING PEOPLE,
TURN YOUR PHONES OFF.
MY GREATEST GIFT THAT I HAVE
HAS A COMEDIAN THAT IS BLACK IS
MY FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
I CAN GET ON STAGE AND SAY JUST
ABOUT ANYTHING.
ABOUT ANYTHING. AS LONG AS I CAN DEFEND IT, WHY
IT IS FUNNY, I GET SOME LEEWAY.
THERE IS LEEWAY THAT YOU GET BY
BEING A COMEDIAN OF COLOR.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THIS
AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS THROWN
BEHIND SOMETHING, LIKE, JUST
GOING TO BE DOUBLE SCRUTINY.
>> Reporter: INDEED, BACK LACK
ON THE INTERNET IS NOT ALWAYS
THE SAME.
THE SAME.
THE SAME. RULES ARE NOT ALWAYS FAIR.
WHAT YOU SAY CAN BACKFIRE.
>> YOU DON'T GET BOOKED
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. YOU GOING TO GO OUT AND SAY
SILLY THINGS AND EXPECT NOTHING
TO HAPPEN, THAT IS ON YOU.
IF YOU WANT TO GET BOOKED OKAY
I WILL PULL BACK AND I WILL
LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE GAME.
>> YOU SEE IT TIME AND TIME
AGAIN WITH COMEDIANS.
REMEMBER KATHY GRIFFIN PRETTY
MUCH NOT WORKED SINCE THE
PRESIDENT TRUMP INCIDENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A LOT
OF PEOPLE I THINK, THE STORY
BACK THEN OF TALKING ABOUT THE
LINE.
LINE.
LINE. GOAL POSTS ARE ALWAYS MOVING AS
COMEDIANS, HE SAID THAT YEARS
AGO.
AGO.
AGO. HE
AGO. HE APOLOGIZED AND DID NOT FEEL
LIKE APOLOGIZING.
LIKE APOLOGIZING. >> LET'S ADDRESS THE THREE
WOMEN IN THE PIECE.
THEY USED A SLUR IN THEIR
TWEETS, NICK CANON POINTS IT
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. SARA
OUT. SARA SILVER MAN SAYS LOOK AT
THIS THREAT AND POSTED A THREAT
OF A MAN WHY CERTAIN GAY MEN
DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HER?
BECAUSE SHE HAD SO MUCH SUPPORT
FROM THE LGBT COMMUNITY AND
YOUTH.
YOUTH.
YOUTH. ARE YOU -- IF YOU ARE AN ALLY
OF THE COMMUNITY ARE YOU
PERMITTED TO MAKE JOKES?
THAT IS THE LINE HERE, RIGHT?
>> EACH CONSUMER GETS TO
DECIDE, RIGHT?
DECIDE, RIGHT? THAT WAS THE SAME FOR CHELSEA
HANDLER ANOTHER WHITE WOMAN AND
A LARGE PART OF HER FAN BASE IS
GAY BUT SHE GOT AWAY WITH IT.
THEN YOU DRAW OUT THE
QUESTIONS, WHY DO PEOPLE USE
CERTAIN LANGUAGE ABOUT CERTAIN
COMMUNITIES AND OTHERS DO NOT.
>> USUALLY IT HAS TO DO WITH
BELONGING TO IT.
>> CORRECT.
>> CORRECT. >> OR AN ALLY OF IT.
I DON'T KNOW.
LIKE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
RULES ARE CHANGING ALL OF THE
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. THERE IS NO DEFINITIVE.
COMICS HAVE TO BE CAREFUL.
WHAT IS FUNNY ONE DAY IS NOT
FUNNY THE NEXT DAY.
I DO NOT ENVY YOUR JOB
>> IF YOU WANT TO BE THE BEST
THE BAR