After the previous speaker was banned, John Cleese cancelled his lecture at Cambridge University

British actor John Cleese has no hope of what he considers to be a “waking up” thug, even if it means cancelling an upcoming appearance at his alma mater.

Cleese visited the social media platform on Tuesday Twitter After an attendee was banned by employees and students who “woke up”, he announced that he would withdraw from a leading institution in the UK.

“I look forward to talking to Cambridge Union students this Friday, but I heard that someone there was blacklisted for posing as Hitler,” Chris told his 5.6 million Twitter followers. “I regret that I did the same thing on the Monty Python show, so I blacklisted myself before the others.”

It was a sitcom from the 1970s Faltita In the role of Basil Fawlty, Cleese played Hitler.

Specifically, Chris was referring to actor and art historian Andrew Graham-Dixon, who used a German accent to impersonate a dictator in a video conference. Graham Dixon said the behavior was ironic and aimed to “emphasize the absolutely evil nature of Hitler and his regime.” Because of being impersonated, Cambridge Union said it would not invite him back.

As far as Cleese is concerned, he will appear in a documentary series called Cancel me, Where he interviewed people who claimed to be victims of “abolition culture.” Instead, he basically “cancelled” himself.

In the second tweet, the 82-year-old expressed regret and frustration to fans about the current “waking up” culture and its stifling influence on comedy.

This is a recent behavior pattern of comedians.Last year, he criticized British Broadcasting Corporation When it deletes an episode Faltita Because it contains racial slander.

“I apologize to anyone at Cambridge University who wants to talk to me, but maybe some of you can find a place where the wake-up rule does not apply,” he wrote after his initial tweet.

This caused different reactions from fans.

“It’s kind of sad, isn’t it? It’s not good to say racist and anti-Semitism while pretending to be Hitler: in fact, you can’t say these things under any circumstances. What concept (open eyes emoji),” @ biiirby wrote.

“I like this. John Cleese has revoked his identity due to the latest Cambridge Union censorship,” @darrengrimes_ said

In November last year, the co-founder of the Monty Python comedy troupe faced strong opposition after sharing a screenshot of the September 30 tweet, which was a signed letter expressing “support.” Harry Potter Author JK Rowling was criticized for her comments on transgender people in a controversial article.

The letter was also signed by novelist Ian McEwan and playwright Tom Stoppard, and referred to her treatment as “Twitter and other platforms support and secretly support against Examples of hate speech made by her and other women”.

As far as he is concerned, when asked about his views on Rowling’s position, Chris replied that he was “not so interested” in this question.

“I’m afraid I’m not that interested in transgender people,” he wrote. “I just want them to be happy, and I hope people treat them well.”

Chris went on to clarify that he was more concerned about other issues, such as the “threat to democracy” in the United States, police brutality and “horrific British media.”