Comedian Ari Shaffir is no stranger to controversy. It’s defined his career.
Shaffir’s commentary on some of America’s most untouchable subjects, spanning from race to religion to Kobe Bryant, has yielded him more death threats than any other comic. But he keeps going anyway.
(1:24) Death Threats
(10:57) Does Ari Shaffir Get Offended?
(16:19) Yeshiva
(39:50) Shaffir’s Writing Process
(45:52) Why Shaffir Stays Offline
(51:54) Shaffir’s Travels
(1:23:55) The Kobe Bryant Joke
(1:50:13) How Joe Rogan Saved Comedy
What about his work is so offensive? Is the criticism warranted? Shaffir joined today’s Tucker Carlson Show for a wide-ranging and deeply amusing conversation on his career, Joe Rogan’s influence, comedy as a whole, and how his industry reflects the state of America. Click the image below to watch.
Ari Shaffir tells Tucker:
“I’ve heard the Holocaust is coming back my entire life. ‘This can lead to the Holocaust. George Bush could be Hitler.’ Trump was Hitler. Everybody’s Hitler. And I’m like, ‘Where? Where is this happening?’”
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