comedians from dave chappelle in the us tojohn cleese in the uk have spoken out about cancel culture — the practice of cancelling, or publicly expressing disapproval or putting social pressure on people. in an interview with the bbc, mr cleese addressed this topic. he's in asia for a new comedy tour in the region. he spoke to me earlier. wonderful to have you on the programme, john.— programme, john. nice to be here. i know— programme, john. nice to be here. i know you _ programme, john. nice to be here. i know you are - here. i know you are particularly - here. i know you are l particularly interested here. i know you are i particularly interested in talking about cancel culture. i think it is fair to say. in fact you are making a documentary about it. what it is the bout cancel culture that interests you?— interests you? well, it's a relatively _ interests you? well, it's a relatively new _ interests you? well, it's a l relatively new phenomenon interests you? well, it's a i relatively new phenomenon and, because, it affects comedians because, it affects comedians because a lot of us do jokes that the cancel culture people, the woko people don't think are right, don't think are correct.