Mario Cantone: I was dropped from Johnny Carson's Tonight Show for being gay

New York Post

The Sex and the City star told Allison Kugel on her podcast Allison Interviews that The Tonight Show's talent coordinator booked him to perform standup for an October 1986 edition of the show. “When he saw me, he said, ‘Oh my God, you’re amazing! We are going to shape six minutes for you,'" Cantone said, according to the New York Post. "Then he looked at the video again, because he filmed it that night, and he said, ‘You know what? Your comedy has a gay edge to it and I think it’s going to make Johnny nervous, so I’m going to cancel you.'"