I find his argument compelling and genuine. Comedians do "lie" on a regular basis to create comedy. You don't have to look very far to find other examples of this. This is why the line "--this is true!" is often heard during a late night monologue, because the comedians embellish and invent so often that when something sounds like an embellishment but isn't, it's even funnier for them to point out that their writers didn't make it up.

[–] Conyak@lemmy.tf 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So he basically confirms everything The New Yorker article said then. Not sure what he thinks he did here.

[–] Dominic@beehaw.org 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

He disputed several details of that article and added context that The New Yorker was aware of but chose to omit.

E.g. the article makes it sound like he fabricated the prom story, but all he changed was the day that he heard about it. The article also says that he invited the woman to his show and embarrassed her; however, he did not invite her and she enjoyed the show.

[–] storksforlegs@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago

Yeah, pretty brutal that the article states he invited the prom date to the show to humiliate her, which was completely untrue. For an article trying to call him out on lying it sure lied about a lot of stuff.