Nick Cannon Issues Apology to ‘Jewish Sisters and Brothers’

Nick Cannon says his eyes have been opened to the “hurtful and divisive” things he said about the Jewish community, and he’s offering a full apology.

24 hours after Viacom cut all ties with Nick for anti-Semitic remarks he made on his podcast, he says, “First and foremost I extend my deepest and most sincere apologies to my Jewish sisters and brothers for the hurtful and divisive words that came out of my mouth during my interview with Richard Griffin.”

He continued, “They reinforced the worst stereotypes of a proud and magnificent people and I feel ashamed of the uninformed and naive place that these words came from.”

If you missed it, Nick defended Griffin — aka Professor Griff, ex-Public Enemy member — over comments he made in the late 80s about Jews spreading wickedness around the world.

On the podcast, Nick supported Griffin … saying he couldn’t be anti-Semitic because black people are the real Semites. He also said Griffin was speaking the truth, and repeated long held — going back to Hitler — stereotypes about Jews controlling banks and much of the world’s wealth.

While he got tons of backlash online — in addition to the Viacom axing — Nick says several rabbis, including Rabbi Abraham Cooper from the Simon Wiesenthal Center, have also tried to educate him. As he put it on social media … “I have had at least a minor history lesson over the past few days and to say that it is eye-opening would be a vast understatement.”

Cannon also vowed he is now committed to strengthening the bond between black and Jewish cultures going forward. He says he’s also taken down the Professor Griff episode of his podcast.

It’s interesting … Viacom said Nick was unwilling to apologize when they contacted him about his podcast comments and, in fact, said that was a big part of why they were cutting ties.