Mario Cantone Says He Was Kicked Off Johnny Carson For Being Gay
And Just Like That Mario Cantone recently opened up about an incident in 1986 when alleges he was kicked off The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson for being too gay.
The revelation came during Cantone’s recent appearance on Allison Kugel’s podcast, Allison Interviews.Cantone shared that he’d been booked by Carson’s talent coordinator for the show, who was initially happy with his set. “When he saw me, he said, ‘Oh my God, you’re amazing!
We are going to shape six minutes for you.’ Then he looked at the video again, because he filmed it that night, and he said, ‘You know what?
Your comedy has a gay edge to it and I think it’s going to make Johnny nervous, so I’m going to cancel you,’” Cantone recalled.During the podcast, Cantone also addressed the recent loss of his And Just Like That costar, friend, and onscreen husband Willie Garson, who passed away last summer from pancreatic cancer.
