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2. Kudos to Mike Birbiglia, Shane Gillis, Stavros Halkias, Leslie Liao, and Atsuko Okatsuka

Tue Sep 30, 2025, 02:34 PM

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who were invited to perform, but declined and spoke out against the event.

Shame on these people who are participating:
Aziz Ansari
Hannibal Buress
Bill Burr
Jimmy Carr
Dave Chappelle
Louis C.K.
Whitney Cummings
Pete Davidson
Chris Distefano
Omid Djalili
Zarna Garg
Kevin Hart
Gabriel Iglesias
Jim Jefferies
Jimeoin
Maz Jobrani
Jessica Kirson
Jo Koy
Bobby Lee
Sebastian Maniscalco
Sam Morril
Mark Normand
Nimesh Patel
Russell Peters
Jeff Ross
Andrew Santino
Andrew Schulz
Tom Segura
Chris Tucker
Jack Whitehall
Ali Siddiq
Ben Hart
Aries Spears
Mo Amer
Wayne Brady

Jim Jefferies defended his involvement, arguing that Saudi Arabia's human rights record was comparable to that of the United States

In 2025, under Trump, the US record on Human Rights is awful - so the statement is probably true, but not a positive reflection on Saudi Arabia.

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Why Saudi Arabia's 'comedy-washing' scheme is so insidious [View all] marmar Tuesday OP

Louis C.K.? That creep is back? Dave Bowman Tuesday #1

Kudos to Mike Birbiglia, Shane Gillis, Stavros Halkias, Leslie Liao, and Atsuko Okatsuka Wiz Imp Tuesday #2

Never heard of any of them, except chapelle and c.k. Nor, after seeing niyad Tuesday #5

how many of these do it for money types had routines bashing saudis, the royal family, islam etc msongs Tuesday #3

"some of the biggest names in comedy"??? I have only ever heard niyad Tuesday #4