Veteran comedian Sir Billy Connolly believes there is no doubt that he "would have been canceled" if he started his career as a comic in 2021.
The Scottish funnyman, 78, shared his views on the state of comedy in the last few years during an appearance on New Zealand radio station Newstalk ZB, per the Daily Mail.
He even told the hosts that "things have changed forever" while urging TV execs - referring to them as "suits" – to "have more bravery".
Connolly said that the material that he started out with early on in his career - back in the 70s - would be deemed a cancelable offense today.
He insisted: "I couldn't have started today."
The comic, who was promoting his brand new autobiography Windswept, continued: "Because of political correctness, people have pulled in the horns. I couldn't have started today with the talent I had then.
"There's a show here in America with all Black comedians, men, and women, and they are totally ruthless, they are totally without political correctness and they have always got me on the floor howling with laughter."
"There was a comedian who had a series on television and the suits involved were going to take it off at the first commercial break. They have got no bravery," he added.
Elsewhere in the radio chat, an emotional Connolly opened up about how "depressed" he felt writing some parts of his memoir as it delved into the abuse he suffered from his aunt and father as a child.
Connolly explained: "The trouble with it is when you bring it up it stays for a while and then you get over it and then you bring it up again and you get depressed again."
The comedian, who was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2013, was also asked whether his condition had presented his career with any challenges.
To which, he responded: "Not really, but the way I think, everything is a new challenge. I hardly prepare, so I turn up unprepared and everything is a new challenge. It keeps your eyes open.
"The challenges lately have been medical, aye, they're getting worse."