Norm Macdonald Apologizes for His Apologies: ‘I Did Something Unforgivable’

Thursday on ABC’s “The View,” comedian Norm Macdonald continued his apology tour after his controversial comments about the #MeToo movement, Louis C.K., Chris Hardwick, and Roseanne Barr. Macdonald apologized for saying, “You’d have to have Down Syndrome” to not feel sorry for sexual assault victims during an appearance on “The Howard Stern Show.” Macdonald said, “It’s always bad when you have to apologize for an apology.” He continued, “There’s a word we used to use to mean stupid. I was about to say that word, and then I stopped and thought about what’s the right word to say. I realized at that moment I did something unforgivable.” Macdonald added, “The remark I made about people with Down syndrome was just a terrible, terrible, terrible thing for me to say.” On Hardwick, Macdonald elaborated,”Print reporters, they ask you questions and they put them all together. What I was talking about was Chris Hardwick, a particular comedian, a friend of mine. You know, if 500 women go against a man, obviously the guy is guilty. But the Chris Hardwick one, it was one woman against one man. So I was saying that I thought it was good that the pendulum has swung

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