'I think people deserve it': Comedian Daniel Tosh says cancel culture can sometimes be great

Comedian Daniel Tosh said that cancel culture is "great" on his podcast, "Tosh Show," and mentioned that sometimes backlash is deserved.

Tosh's new podcast takes a unique angle where the comedian interviews seemingly random people from his life. The first episode, titled "My Wife's Gynecologist," was watched over two million times on YouTube and was followed by "My Favorite Athlete with No Legs" for episode two.

On episode three, "My Wellness Guru," Tosh joked about how all his "closest friends are Latino" yet he refuses to speak Spanish.

"I just tell them, 'You're in my country!' I scream, 'You're in my country. You learn my language!'" he said with a southern accent. "When am I going to be told I can't do a redneck accent?" the comic asked.

That prompted guest Rosie Acosta to ask the comedian, "What's your feeling on cancellation?"

"I think it's great; cancel people," Tosh replied, seeming to speak specifically about celebrities. "I think people deserve it and you know obviously it's not a real thing where like, oh, your livelihood is gone, but as someone who's done things and said horrible things constantly, I've had backlash, and I deserve it," he explained.

"There has to be consequences, and I also don't think that there's a problem with evolving, and, 'Oh, I used to be able to say this and now I can't.' Well, fine, good. I'm okay with that," he continued.

Acosta replied with a more forgiving approach and said she preferred for people to have the opportunity "to evolve and to change."

"But it seems like people are more interested in the lashing out and sort of ridiculing as opposed to giving people the opportunity to change in a tone, so to speak," she added.

"I mean, I don't know that I've ever changed because of anything, but I'm also just thankful that no ex-girlfriend wrote a big article and it got published about me," Tosh joked further.

Tosh, who was the host of the massively popular commentary show "Tosh.0," which ran for 12 seasons on Comedy Central, was a victim of cancelation himself after he was accused of insensitive rape jokes in 2012.

On the same wellness episode, Tosh and his guest laughed about cutting off family members after seeing "the way they vote on a few issues" and the stand-up artist's rejection of meditation and yoga.

"I don't even believe in yoga. Let me just say that it's like, 'Go home and stretch.' But doesn't it feel nice? Oh it's hot yoga, oh good, okay we're going to all sweat. I'm going to smell you."

Tosh also mocked astrology when Acosta said that him being a Gemini "explains everything." The host laughed and said, "No it doesn't; it explains nothing. More stupid stuff, here we go."

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