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human
He was fired from Ally McBeal in the wake of drug charges in 2000 and 2001. Is that what OP meant with “cancelled”?
gpt
Cancelling is more when the public reacts to something the celebrity does with outrage. 

Robert Downey Jr had severe addiction problems and the industry couldn’t trust him to get through a production.