Steve Bannon disinvited from ‘New Yorker’ festival after Jimmy Fallon, Jim Carrey pull out

Author: Kim Willis / Source: USA TODAY

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Amid blistering backlash from celebrity participants, “The New Yorker”

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President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist was supposed to be interviewed at the event, which has historically attracted A-list artists and public figures. Guests for 2018 are scheduled to include Emily Blunt, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Miguel, Kacey Musgraves, Boots Riley and Sally Yates, who was fired by Trump as deputy attorney general after she refused to back his ban on travelers from Muslim countries.

“I’ve re-considered,” “New Yorker” editor David Remnick announced Monday in a lengthy statement. “There is a better way to do this,” he wrote, noting that Bannon has been interviewed for “The New Yorker” previously by its journalists. He said…

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