United Kingdom, Aug. 16 -- Denzel Washington doesn't care about cancel culture.

The Oscar-winning actor was dismissive of the concept when asked if he feared being "cancelled" during an interview to promote his new movie Highest 2 Lowest.

Denzel asked Complex News in response: "What does that mean - to be cancelled?"

When told by interviewer Jillian Hardeman-Webb that "it means you lose public support", the Gladiator II star said: "Who cares? What made public support so important to begin with?"

Washington also poured scorn on the interviewer's claim that "followers are now currency".

The 70-year-old star said: "I don't care who's following who. You can't lead and follow at the same time, and you can't follow and lead at the same tim...