"These stereotypes, they’re ridiculous and they’ve been around a long time and they’ve got to stop,” de Blasio said at the time. “It’s 2019, stop treating Staten Island this way, stop treating New York City this way. There’s this horrible attempt to demonize Staten Island and demonize New York City, and you know, it was offensive a long time ago. You’d think in a time when people are a little more sensitive, you’d think MTV would know better. They should cancel that show.”