Comedian Ari Shaffir was notably absent from the Riyadh Comedy Festival, and when asked about it on the podcast Drawn Together, he didn’t hold back when discussing both the event and the comedians who chose to attend. Shaffir explained that he wasn’t around when the festival happened and only started hearing about it after returning … Read more
Comedian Ari Shaffir recently appeared on the Flagrant podcast, where he opened up about the falling out he had with Comedy Central after independently selling a stand-up special to Netflix. Allegedly, the network responded with threats and punitive measures against him and the crew of his storytelling show, “This Is Not Happening.” Shaffir explained that … Read more
Bert Kreischer rose to fame through an unusual path that began with a 1997 Rolling Stone article dubbing him “the number one partier in the country” during his college days. This notorious reputation caught the attention of Hollywood, with Oliver Stone’s production company initially optioning the rights to Kreischer’s wild life story. In a twist … Read more
A backstage incident at the Comedy Mothership in Austin, Texas has set the comedy world buzzing after a comedian known as Timmy No Brakes took a right-handed cross to the face from Matt McCusker’s wife, Brittany McCusker, following a Story Warz episode where he made a series of racially charged jokes targeting her. Timmy No … Read more
There was a time when Joe Rogan was the guy asking the questions nobody else would ask. The outsider. The independent voice who built a platform on the promise that no topic was off limits and no guest would get a free pass. That version of Rogan feels like a long time ago. Stavros Halkias, … Read more
Comedian Ari Shaffir recently appeared on the podcast Drawn Together, where he talked about a variety of topics, including Joe Rogan‘s influence on the comedy industry and whether being associated with him still carries the same career-changing impact it once did. When host Oona McCaughan asked Shaffir how important it is for comedians to stay … Read more
During Joe Rogan Experience #2499 with guest Marcus King, the conversation turned to antidepressants after King revealed he was taking Cymbalta and wanted to find a way off it. Rogan connected King’s situation to his close friend and fellow comedian Theo Von, sharing his genuine concern about Von’s mental state. “Theo Von’s going through the … Read more
Joe Rogan has never been shy about weighing in on politicians, but his recent dismissal of California Governor Gavin Newsom’s repeated public requests to appear on The Joe Rogan Experience has drawn attention for a different reason: it exposes a contradiction Rogan himself seems unwilling to fully acknowledge. When Newsom went public with his frustration … Read more
On a recent episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, comedian Ari Shaffir joined Joe Rogan for a conversation that eventually turned to a troubling online trend: the growing number of people attempting to minimize how many Jewish people were k*lled during the Holocaust. The topic came up after Rogan suggested inviting Shaffir’s father, a Holocaust … Read more
During episode #2492 of The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan sat down with comedian Ari Shaffir to revisit a controversy Shaffir faced. The two spoke about how Comedy Central handled Shaffir’s decision to take his comedy special to Netflix. Rogan laid out the situation bluntly, explaining what unfolded behind the scenes. “Comedy Central was trying … Read more
