Television and radio personality Charlamagne tha God said that he believes Nick Cannon was fired by ViacomCBS because Jewish people “have the power” in the media landscape.
According to jewishjournal.com, Charlamagne tha God, whose real name is Lenard Larry McKelvey made those remarks on the nationally syndicated radio show “The Breakfast Club,” which Charlamagne co-hosts.
“Nick is my guy,” Charlamagne said. “I hate it had to be him, but that’s what you can do when you have the power. And if there’s one thing Jewish people have showed us, it’s they have the power.”
He added: “I can’t wait until the day Black people are able to fire people for saying things about us that we deem racist.
We can barely get cops fired for actually killing us!”
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt condemned Charlamagne’s reported remarks in a tweet.
“What happened with @NickCannon is a teachable moment — instead Charlamagne pushes a dangerous and age-old anti-Semitic trope by stating ‘Jews have the power,’ ” Greenblatt wrote.
“Nick Cannon held himself accountable; @cthagod needs to do the same.”
It could be recalled that ViacomCBS cut ties with television personality Nick Cannon after 10 years for claiming blacks are the true Hebrews.
