sunbathinganimal Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 (edited) Hasan Minhaj has been informed he won’t be taking over as the permanent host of The Daily Show, according to Puck News. The decision comes after a recent report in The New Yorker revealed that Minhaj had embellished some of the stories of discrimination in his standup act. Puck News’ Matthew Belloni reports that the former Daily Show correspondent was expected to be announced as the new host this summer had the writers strike not taken place. Though no deal had officially been signed, they had closed on “all the financial details pre-strike, and only the papering remained.” Instead, the announcement was held, and a story in The New Yorker was published on September 15th in which Minhaj said, “My comedy Arnold Palmer is seventy percent emotional truth — this happened — and then thirty percent hyperbole, exaggeration, fiction.” According to Puck News, Paramount Media Networks chief Chris McCarthy then “decided to move on” from Minhaj. Since the departure of Trevor Noah in 2022, The Daily Show has relied on a series of guest hosts, including Al Franken, Chelsea Handler, Sarah Silverman, Kal Penn, and Leslie Jones. The show returned on October 16th following the end of the writers strike. As of now, the plan is for another round of guests hosts until Comedy Central settles on a permanent anchor. https://consequence.net/2023/10/hasan-minhaj-not-daily-show-show/ Edited October 21, 2023 by sunbathinganimal 1
sunbathinganimal Posted October 21, 2023 Author Posted October 21, 2023 i thought all comedians did this? 5
Keter Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 I’m not understanding the problem. He’s a comedian. He’s kinda hot too. 1
Elusive Chanteuse Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 Is the Daily Show necessary at this point? Just go to a progressive news YouTube channel.
IBeMe Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 I will never understand why he admitted to it and also why he lied about his experience. All comedians kind of lie or over exaggerate lived experiences for entertainment but they sort of stay ambiguous about whats true or not. He just straight up created scenarios from thin air apparently and then ADMITTED to doing it I don't get it lol
Cheers Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 Is this Nicki’s cousin with the swollen testicles from the covid vaccine ? 4
Rotunda Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 I just assumed comedians were almost always lying 2
sunbathinganimal Posted October 21, 2023 Author Posted October 21, 2023 4 minutes ago, Cheers said: Is this Nicki’s cousin with the swollen testicles from the covid vaccine ? 1 1
Sergi91 Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 I would like to see Chelsea Handler back on late night 2
Katamari Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, Cheers said: Is this Nicki’s cousin with the swollen testicles from the covid vaccine ? Yes I know this because Lykke Li told me and she owns us
Katamari Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 Can they just cancel it at this point. Shame they couldn’t get john Oliver to do it
JBJT2786 Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 2 minutes ago, Katamari said: Can they just cancel it at this point. Shame they couldn’t get john Oliver to do it John Oliver's show is too successful for him to back out of the HBO money and go back to a daily format.
Jotham Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 It's what he deserves tbh. It's not uncommon for comedians to make fake stories but when you do it for hate crimes it's a whole another story, especially since he used it to garner sympathy from Asian American viewers. Also, in one of his stories, he talks about a girl from his high school that supposedly rejected him, he then showed a blurred picture of her on the show and a lot of his fans ended up harassing her. 2
Fitzswiftie Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 22 minutes ago, sunbathinganimal said: i thought all comedians did this? They do but not for real life events that traceable (the Saudi anthrax story) or involve and naming of real life people (his prom date). 2
45seconds Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Rotunda said: I just assumed comedians were almost always lying Comedians don’t lie per se. They exaggerate lived experiences. He looked as if he literally just created stuff. Edited October 21, 2023 by 45seconds
fridayteenage Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 wiki says the others to host a week this year are: leslie jones wanda sykes dl hughley chelsea handler sarah silverman marlon wayans kal penn al franken john leguizamo roy wood jr jordan klepper desi lydic with more scheduled until the strike happened. so i wonder if that's the longlist.
Revolution Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 Comedy is an art. It's creative. You're supposed to make stuff up 1
Gui Blackout Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 He's painfully unfunny and obnoxious so it's sad that he was even in the running 1
Eóghan Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 Leslie Jones was terrific, I wish they gave her the job
kimberly Posted October 21, 2023 Posted October 21, 2023 23 minutes ago, Communion said: Give it to Ziwe! ugh do you never get tired of serving 1
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