Comedian Hasan Minhaj has admitted to inventing several first-person tales of facing racism in his comedy act.
Comic Hasan Minhaj Admits He Makes Up Stories About Experiencing Racism — and Doesn’t Regret Smearing Real-Life AcquaintancesComedian Hasan Minhaj has admitted to inventing several first-person tales of facing discrimination — including a racist attack on his daughter — that undergird his standup comedy act and his politically-themed TV shows.The Daily Show. He won a Peabody Award in 2018 for the short-lived Netflix series.
He also tells the story of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner arrogantly sitting in a chair reserved for a formerly imprisoned Saudi activist at a Time 100 gala in 2019. He now admits that never happened. The comedian went on to say that, in his opinion, the “emotional truth is first. The factual truth is secondary.”
The magazine also found out that the “brother Eric” who Minhaj claims infiltrated a mosque never did any such thing. Indeed, the man said he was in prison in 2002, the year Minhaj said he was infiltrating a mosque for the FBI. Minhaj admitted that the whole story was a fiction made up for his show. “You get to say whatever you want onstage, and we have to live with the consequences. I don’t give a s**t thatmagazine thinks you’re an influencer. If you ever put my kids in danger again, I will leave you in a second,” he told the magazine that his wife said during a recent argument.Patriot Act
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