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Transphobic TV Personality Norm MacDonald Is Removed From SNL Spot
By the Associated Press
Contributed by Elizabeth Parker and Stef Matthews
New York City
January 8, 1998
Norm MacDonald of "Saturday Night Live" says he got fired from
the show's "Weekend Update" segment for not being funny enough.
MacDonald had a habit of making nasty transphobic comments on the air, in one case making fun of an FTM who was killed by thugs in the Nebraska and, on another occasion, sneering at an MTF TS who is in a difficulty custody battle with a spouse in Missouri.
MacDonald broke the news Wednesday on "Late Show with David Letterman," where he said
that Don Ohlmeyer, president of NBC West Coast, had him axed from the
anchor's seat. "So, he goes, 'Oh yeah, I'm firing you there from the show,'"
MacDonald said. "And I said, 'Why is that, now?' And he goes, 'Oh, you're not
funny.' And I said, 'Holy Lord, that's even worse news."
MacDonald said he
will still appear in "SNL" sketches, but he added: "I stink in those."
Letterman offered this suggestion: "Come on over here to CBS -- we'll get a
nice show for you."
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