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Jimmy Fallon apologises to Tonight Show staff after toxic workplace allegations - reports
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I've loved Conan for decades, but a certain point the bits with him and Jordan Schlansky started to make me uncomfortable. Like yeah, he's a weird, possibly neurodivergent guy who does odd things that are funny and Conan wanted to make a bit out of it and obviously Jordan was on board. But as it progressed Conan did seem to get a little mean at times, and when you have a national platform like that, you aren't just being silly-mean to your quirky buddy, you're opening the door to making it acceptable to ridicule people with autism spectrum disorder.
He's not abusing an autist. Jordan plays in to it as much as Conan plays in to being mean. Listen to Jordan on Inside Conan. It's entertainment. Jeremy Clarkson doesn't try to fix everything with a hammer; Steve Martin and Martin Short aren't in jealous competition with each other; Gordon Ramsey doesn't SHUT IT DOWN!
You can’t convince me Clarkson doesn’t at least try to fix everything with a hammer at first
Yeah.. that's exactly what I said. He's ribbing his buddy. BUT every single thing he's making fun of in Jordan could be seen as an autistic trait. When sweet old, aw shucks Conan O'Brien has a running gag where he makes fun of autistic traits, it harms people on the spectrum.
Then you should be upset with Jordan for pretending to be "on the spectrum". *EDIT TO ADD: Conan is mocking Jordan's stilted, self-protective camera persona.