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I've installed "Highlight This!" Firefox extension and added all the comedians that went to Saudi Arabia there. Now whenever one of them pops out on any site I know to just ignore it.
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Dave Chappelle Kevin Hart Aziz Ansari Pete Davidson Andrew Schulz Jo Koy Bill Burr Jessica Kirson Jimmy Carr Louis C.K. Sebastian Maniscalco Maz Jobrani Tom Segura Whitney Cummings Jimeoin Russell Peters Andrew Santino Bobby Lee Chris Distefano Mark Normand Gabriel Iglesias Hannibal Buress Sam Morril Jeff Ross Omid Djalili Ali Siddiq Zarna Garg Chris Tucker Ben Hart Jim JefferiesBurr was hardest to hit when that list first came out. Dudes funny and always seemed to have a good head, (as redheaded as it is). Talk about a career ending decision, yeesh.
Sadly I don't think many people care outside of the internet left bubble.
He cares and he knows his fans care
I was really disappointed by that one. I’ve loved him since his first special but after taking blood money from the Saudis I just can’t watch anymore of his shit.
Old' Billy Bloodmoney
He probably expected future gigs and payments from the saudias
If they had done a world tour thing, even just a couple more spots, that would have been different.
i expect chapelle and the other people who went to festivel to live there permanently eventually.
He's still pretty sexist.
How did he rationalize it? Does it hold a drop?
From what i know it's he defended the tour with the same PR nonsense all the others gave, like they agreed on reasons together. They claim it's racist to not do a show for the Saudi people. That completely disregards the fact they performed for the Saudi family. Beyond that i haven't listened to him at all.
Kinda disappointed about Jimmy Carr. Don't really care about the rest.
I mean..... It does fit his persona, dude will do anything to fund his endeavor to not look old.
Plus he has a history of tax fraud.
I stopped listening to Bill Burr's podcast and sent an email telling them why
Bobby Lee went to the festival, I can seem him doing that. He apparently was pretty destitute in his career after madtv