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Steve Harvey, motivational speaker and comic, apologizes for negative tweet about comedians

August 27, 2023 | | Print Article

Steve Harvey’s social media team may be taking the blame, but the entertainer took “responsibility” after a “totally negative” post likely cost someone their job.

The comedian, television host and motivational speaker interrupted a day out fishing Friday to set the record straight over a since deleted post from Aug. 19. That message, which had been viewed by no fewer than one million times before it was scrubbed, read, “A Comedian you don’t find funny at all?”

“Somebody that works for me on my Twitter put a statement out that was totally negative,” expressed Harvey after venting that he had to interrupt his leisure time over the ill-conceived post. “I gotta take responsibility for it ’cause they work for me, but the engagement was talking about, ‘name a comedian you don’t think is funny.'”

The successful businessman promptly wondered who would even consider such a post as having originated with him considering how off “brand” it was. “Why would I do something like that? That don’t even make no damn sense. My whole brand is to be motivational — and I’mma turn around and say somethin’ like that?”

“You don’t know where these young people at in they career, man,” expressed Harvey finding fault in the entire idea of debasing another comedian simply because you didn’t appreciate their humor. “They could be coming up or anything. I’m all about positivity. I would’ve never done nothing like that.”

“I’m so pissed off right now, man. Talking about, ‘I was trying to get some engagement,'” the “Family Feud” host presented before seeming to notify whoever had seen fit to attach that message to his name that they were out of work. “Okay…you trying to get some employment, too. My bad, y’all. Now I gotta come on here and do a damn selfie.”

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Harvey’s video was not the first time in recent days that a celebrity took to social media with a video to set the record straight that where public relations had failed. Earlier this month, Grammy-winning R&B singer Ne-Yo had voiced his opinion on transgenderism leading to backlash and a published statement that reeked of a cancel culture-induced apology.

However, shortly thereafter, he took to social media himself and shared a video where he expressed in no uncertain terms, “Listen, I normally don’t give too much of a damn about what y’all think about what I do, what you have to say about what I say, whatever. I normally don’t care because, like I said, opinions aren’t special. Everybody got one. However, this is something I feel very strongly on, and I need y’all to hear this from the horse’s mouth, not the publicist’s computer.”

Unlike Ne-Yo who clarified that he wasn’t apologizing for his opinion, Harvey went on to apologize for something that he himself hadn’t directly done. “So here it is: I’m sorry. My bad, y’all. Won’t happen again, though.”

Reactions to the post were overwhelmingly supportive of the comedian for what he does and how he handled the situation.

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