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In a Facebook post, Cannon said that he is \"an advocate for people's voices to be heard openly, fairly and candidly.\"

\"In today's conversation about anti-racism and social justice, I think we all - including myself - must continue educating one another and embrace uncomfortable conversations - it's the only way we ALL get better,\" he wrote. \"I encourage more healthy dialogue and welcome any experts, clergy, or spokespersons to any of my platforms to hold me accountable and correct me in any statement that I've made that has been projected as negative.\"

He later appeared to respond to the backlash from his comments and his firing, outlining his relationship with ViacomCBS in a lengthy Facebook post Wednesday, in which he stated that the network is \"on the wrong side of history.\"

\"If I have furthered the hate speech, I wholeheartedly apologize. But now I am the one making demands,\" he wrote. \"I demand full ownership of my billion dollar 'Wild 'N Out' brand that I created, and they will continue to misuse and destroy without my leadership!\"

\"I demand that the hate and back door bullying cease and while we are at it, now that the truth is out, I demand the Apology!\" he added.

\"Good Morning America\" has reached out to Nick Cannon and will update when we hear back.

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