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Nick Cannon apologizes to Jewish community for 'hurtful and divisive' words I feel ashamed of the uninformed and naive place that these words came from,' says host, producer The Associated Press · Posted: Jul 16, 2020 10:14 AM ET Nick Cannon apologized to the Jewish community late Wednesday for his "hurtful and divisive" words, a day after ViacomCBS severed ties with him for the remarks made on a podcast. The Anti-Defamation league and some Jewish leaders had condemned what they called anti-Semitic theories expressed by Cannon and demanded the apology. "First and foremost I extend my deepest and most sincere apologies to my Jewish sisters and brothers for the hurtful and divisive words that came out of my mouth during my interview with Richard Griffin," Cannon said on his Twitter account. "They reinforced the worst stereotypes of a proud and magnificent people and I feel ashamed of the uninformed and naive place that these words came from. The video of this interview has since been removed."Reached out to Simon Wiesenthal Center Rabbi Abraham Cooper, the Simon Wiesenthal Center's associate dean, told The Associated Press that Cannon reached out to him Wednesday, and during a 30-minute telephone conversation he apologized to the Jewish community and Cooper asked him to post it on social media. "He started out the right way, he said the right things. Half an hour is a long time, and we'll probably meet tomorrow in the L.A. area," Cooper said. "He understood that the words and references that he thought were based on fact, turned out to be hateful propaganda and stereotypical rhetoric." The TV host and producer earlier wrote a lengthy Facebook post defending himself and criticizing his firing for what the company deemed "bigotry" and "anti-Semitism." Prominent members of the U.S. Jewish community said the post fell well short and demanded an apology. "It's not enough to say, 'I'm not a racist, I'm not a bigot,"' Cooper had told the AP earlier. "The statements he made are hurtful, and they're false." Cooper said Cannon should read and heed the words of Martin Luther King Jr., who "dedicated his life for civil rights for all and a colour-blind America." Cooper also had advised him to seek out the guidance of basketball Hall of Famer-turned-writer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who has condemned several sports and entertainment celebrities for anti-Semitic posts. In the hour-plus episode of Cannon's Class released last month that prompted his firing, Cannon and Richard (Professor Griff) Griffin, formerly of the rap group Public Enemy, contended that Black people are the true Hebrews and Jews have usurped that identity. Cannon then argued that lighter-skinned people — "Jewish people, white people, Europeans" — "are a little less" and have a "deficiency" that historically caused them to act out of fear and commit acts of violence to survive. "They had to be savages," he said.