One of the “Original Kings of Comedy” has named the culprit for the end of his stand-up career in 2012: cancel culture.

During an appearance on the Pivot podcast, Steve Harvey explained his decision to leave the stage more than a decade ago and focus on his TV shows by saying that “comedy’s too hard to do right now.”

“I saw the change coming,” Harvey said. “Change is inevitable. You got to react or participate. So my participation was to get away from it because the cancel culture started everywhere.”

“All you got to do is look now the way the cancel culture works,” the 68-year-old added.

In 2012, Harvey gave his last stand-up show at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, a two-hour performance that aired live on pay-per-view TV.

“The road to this final show has been an amazing journey doi

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