Dwyane Wade: 'My support of Nick Cannon was not about his words'

Cannon was fired from Viacom after refusing to walk back anti-Semitic statements he made while voicing his admiration for Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. After Cannon was fired, Wade tweeted at Cannon, telling him to "keep leading." The tweet was met with immediate criticism, as people noted that Farrakhan has been unapologetically anti-Semitic and homophobic over the years.

Wade has said since then that he does not support "hate speech" but still stood by Cannon, calling him an "unbelievable role model" while also calling out "cancel culture" for stifling public discourse.

"We live in this culture right now where it’s all about cancel," Wade said. "Everyone wants to cancel each other’s culture. How about we take this opportunity and we sit down and educate each other? That’s what I got out of this week."