Denzel Washington Blasts Cancel Culture

When told by the interviewer, Jillian Hardeman-Webb, “it means you lose public support,” Washington replied, “Who cares?”

Sitting with frequent collaborator and “Highest 2 Lowest” director Spike Lee, Washington continued, “What made public support so important to begin with?”

Hardeman-Webb replied that “followers now are currency,” to which Washington answered with a emboldened response.

“I don’t care who’s following who,” he said. “You can’t lead and follow at the same time, and you can’t follow and lead at the same time. I don’t follow anybody. I follow the heavenly spirit. I follow God, I don’t follow man. I have faith in God. I have hope in man, but look around, it ain’t working out so well.”

He added, “You can’t be canceled if you haven’t signed up. Don’t sign up.” While laughing and stretching his arms, he told Lee, “Don’t get me started. You know, chest is getting tight talking about it.”

Having a similar attitude, Lee added, “I could care less.”

“I don’t do it for the Oscars,” he said. “I really don’t care about that kind of stuff.”

Washington continued, “I’ve been at this a long time, and there’s times when I’ve won, shouldn’t have won, didn’t win, should have won. Man gives the award. God gives the reward. I’m not that interested in the Oscars. People say, ‘Well, where do you keep it?’ I say, ‘Next to the other one.'”