Brooks cites Ferguson for cancellation

NBC confirmed the postponement, saying Brooks was being replaced on the show by Whoopi Goldberg and Tom Colicchio.

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By (AP)

Published: Sun 30 Nov 2014, 1:57 PM

Last updated: Fri 3 Apr 2015, 6:33 PM

Singer Garth Brooks has cancelled a Thanksgiving appearance on NBC’s Tonight show because he said it “seemed distasteful” given the reaction to the decision not to prosecute Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown this summer.

NBC confirmed the postponement, saying Brooks was being replaced on the show by Whoopi Goldberg and Tom Colicchio.

Brooks wrote on his Facebook page that he landed in New York on the night the grand jury’s decision was announced “to the news of the civil unrest that was going on in our nation. To spend the day promoting our stuff like nothing was wrong seemed distasteful to me.”

He offered to reschedule. There was no comment from his spokesperson about what other appearances were cancelled.

(AP)

Published: Sun 30 Nov 2014, 1:57 PM

Last updated: Fri 3 Apr 2015, 6:33 PM

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