Norm Macdonald really got caught in the mix this year. His book, “Based on a True Story: Not a Memoir,” featured a foreword by Louis CK, who became persona non grata after it was revealed that he sexually harassed women he worked with. And the person the disgraced comedian wrote about was the person who gave Norm his start, Roseanne Barr. She’s the one who lost her namesake show when she sent the racist tweet about Valerie Jarrett. Now that Norm is making the rounds to support his new Netflix project, “Norm Macdonald Has a Show,” he’s opening up about his friends.

The way Norm sees it, people in the public eye aren’t giving second chances, which makes them more likely to deny allegations. As for Roseanne and Louis, he said, “Roseanne was so broken up [after her show’s reboot was cancelled] that I got Louis to call her, even though Roseanne was very hard on Louis before that. But she was just so broken and just crying constantly.” For the record, when Louis’ situation came out, Roseanne was like, “It’s just par for the course. It’s the [ish] women have to put up with.”

Norm said that Roseanne and Louis had a good conversation about their respective situations, noting that they could commiserate over their careers ending so abruptly. There would be no way for me to even understand that advice, because who has ever gone through such a thing? All their work in their entire life being wiped out in a single day, a moment,” he explained.

  • ONE MORE THING! Had Norm stopped there, everything would’ve been fine. But he went on to say, “There are very few people that have gone through what they have, losing everything in a day. Of course, people will go, ‘What about the victims?’ But you know what? The victims didn’t have to go through that.” That statement was enough for NBC to disinvite him to “The Tonight Show.” In a statement, the network said, “Out of sensitivity to our audience and in light of Norm Macdonald’s comments in the press today, ‘The Tonight Show’ has decided to cancel his appearance on Tuesday’s telecast.”

Norm later tweeted an apology for his words, saying, “Roseanne and Louis have both been very good friends of mine for many years. They both made terrible mistakes and I would never defend their actions. If my words sounded like I was minimizing the pain that their victims feel to this day, I am deeply sorry.”