John Cleese cancels lecture: ‘Preferably in a place where woke rules don’t matter’ | Stars

entertainment">“I like to blacklist myself before someone else does,” Cleese said on Twitter. “I am truly sorry for the students. I like to talk to them in a place where ‘woke rules’ don’t matter.”

entertainment">The comedian also impersonated Adolf Hitler in the iconic program Monty Python’s Flying Circus. Cleese also did an imitation of the Fuhrer as his character Basil Fawlty in the world famous episode in which he especially does not want to confront his German guests with the Second World War.

entertainment">Cleese herself studied at Cambridge University in the 1960s. The cancellation of the art historian because of the Hitler impersonation was communicated on Monday by the president of the educational institution. The university itself has not yet responded to the British comedian’s statements.

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