After getting wind of the joke when Cannon talked about it on The Howard Stern Show, insiders told TMZ that NBC considered the comment as a violation of Cannon’s contract.
In an upcoming stand-up special airing on Showtime, Nick Cannon made a joke about NBC that nearly cost him his job.
In the joke, Cannon said NBC was making him “lose his black card” as the host of America’s Got Talent, implying that the network was trying to control his personality.
Apparently, they very seriously considered firing Cannon over the issue.