The interview with Wenner is a total shit show.

There’s an implicit agreement between the audience and the comedian that mundane setups or absurd situations feature at least some fabrication, but serious or emotionally-driven stories are grounded in truth. John Mulaney’s realtor probably didn’t care if he had babies or not and it doesn’t matter, but it’d be…

he just put out a statement saying “all my standup bits are based on events that happened to me,” which to me is worse than just admitting you make things up and you’re a regular middle class guy from California. no one ever sent you or anyone in your family white powder, the Saudis were never coming after you…

the new yorker says he’s reaffirmed the anthrax and Brother Eric stories in interviews, they bring it up to him and he kind of backtracks if you read the whole article, by the end of it he’s stopped directly interviewing with the journo and responding through his team.

There’s a difference between finding out Henny Youngman actually loved his wife and would prefer if she weren’t taken from him, and making up stories of racial bigotry for social points. The former is duh, the latter is pathetic loser behavior. See: Smollett, Jussie. Not that Minhaj got the law involved or anything,…

I think it’s extremely irresponsible to lie in a story you’re telling about racism you experienced. In Homecoming he was clearly trying to make emotional and political points that are completely undermined if he’s making the story up to be most effective. Really shitty behavior and it only reflects badly on the people…

I think that’s just clapter.

All I know is she never had the makings of a varsity influencer

Thank you! I am under no illusion that comedians take events in their lives and tweak them in any number of ways to get the biggest laughs. Thinking that every hilarious story that every comedian tells of 100% truth is naive.

My only exposure to him was an episode of Celebrity Jeopardy! and he absolutely couldn’t stand not being the center of attention. Yelling over other people, to the point of blurting out an answer (or question, technically) when he hadn’t been called on. It was embarrassing and incredibly annoying to watch.

True. I want to hear his WTF or if he said it in interviews, but his general style is very Ted Talk-ish and upper crust to me.

I think people are missing some of the nuance here. Obviously, no one expects a comedian to tell the 100% truth during their sets. We know there’s a level of deception. But there’s a big difference between telling a fake story for a laugh and telling a fake story that hurts real people.

He said he was racially profiled and that he was the victim of a fucking anthrax attack. He added to racial animus in the country, over and over and over again. And I know it’s subjective, but he’s not funny. There’s no way he should be given the Daily Show.

I bet Hannah Gatsby made up all that childhood trauma about being bullied for being gay. She probably had an ideal childhood.

He’s made the same claims in interviews. And his act isn’t really classic stand-up. It’s more an autobiographical one man show meets TED talk with funny lines. None of the stories set up punchlines, they just engender sympathy.

He seems really into himself and how handsome he thinks he is. I go grossed out by the first 10 minutes and won’t watch him again. Total narcissist.

I was a fan.. but between this and how obnoxious he acted on Celebrity Jeopardy, I’m out.

There were a lot of actors who fell into this “I’m not going to get vaxxed so I can’t work pool” and the reality is that some handled it with grace and humility and are back to work now and others burned all their bridges. 

The Covid vaccine mandate was in effect for about a year. It is no longer an industry requirement.

sure everyone hates Playboy, but its demise really left a void for the attractive semi/wannabe famous folks out there.