Judd Apatow, Jim Carrey, Others Drop Out of New Yorker Festival For Inviting Steve Bannon (UPDATE)
The New Yorker is facing fierce backlash for the inclusion of former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon at its upcoming festival.
It was announced Monday that the Trump ally would be headlining the annual festival and would be interviewed by the New Yorker‘s editor in chief, David Remnick, which sparked outrage among its readers.
Now, several other guest speakers are dropping out of the event in protest, including Judd Apatow, Jim Carrey, John Mulaney, and Jack Antonoff.
If Steve Bannon is at the New Yorker festival I am out. I will not take part in an event that normalizes hate. I hope the @NewYorker will do the right thing and cancel the Steve Bannon event. Maybe they should read their own reporting about his ideology.
— Judd Apatow (@JuddApatow) September 3, 2018
I’m out. I genuinely support public intellectual debate, and have paid to see people speak with whom I strongly disagree. But this isn’t James Baldwin vs William F Buckley. This is PT Barnum level horseshit. And it was announced on a weekend just before tix went on sale. https://t.co/oYk1llNgvV
— John Mulaney (@mulaney) September 3, 2018
I apologize to Susan Morrison as I was really looking forward to our conversation. And I look forward to future @NewYorker Fests & other public, even heated, debates between different voices. But hard pass on this amateur-night sonofabitch.
— John Mulaney (@mulaney) September 3, 2018
Bannon? And me? On the same program?
Could never happen.
— Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) September 3, 2018
i’m no longer going to be speaking/performing at the new yorker festival as long as steve bannon is there
— jackantonoff (@jackantonoff) September 3, 2018
The guest lineup still includes Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Patton Oswalt, Christine Baranski, Jimmy Fallon, Maggie Gyllenhaal, MSNBC host Chris Hayes, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), and former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates.
UPDATE (6:57PM): Bannon was officially disinvited to the festival.
Breaking: @NewYorker has disinvited Steve Bannon from its annual festival. Here’s part of David Remnick’s note to the staff. pic.twitter.com/lspZPLCiJt
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 3, 2018
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