"Maher claimed, 'There are different gradations of it. There's soft canceling. I would say I've had some of that happen to me. Like what?'"
"'Soft canceling would be like, We will never give you an Emmy,' even though plainly I've deserved them,' Maher stated, emphasizing his feelings on the matter."
"'I haven't watched an award show in f*cking forever, and they're all bullsh*t political garbage anyway,' Cross remarked, expressing his disdain for award shows."
"'I just think we need a new term that's more that's not so definitive, you know?' suggested Cross, addressing the terminology around canceling."
David Cross and Bill Maher engaged in a conversation about cancel culture on Maher's podcast. Maher expressed feelings of being a victim of soft canceling due to not receiving an Emmy despite numerous nominations. He defined soft canceling as being overlooked for awards. Cross reacted with laughter, dismissing award shows as political nonsense. Maher suggested the need for new terminology to describe varying degrees of canceling. Maher has been nominated for an Emmy 41 times but has only won once, highlighting the competitive nature of awards.
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