Hasan Minhaj Apparently Just Made Shit Up

[bluestoplights]

In his comedy, Hasan Minhaj tells harrowing stories about experiences he’s faced as an Asian American and Muslim American. This week, Minhaj acknowledged, for the first time, that many of the anecdotes he related in his Netflix specials were untrue.https://t.co/uVqMov8L7K
- The New Yorker (@NewYorker) September 15, 2023
In a New Yorker investigation

Comments

[ginainabottle]

I love that you used a Dakota gif bc just the other day I watched a video of her saying she loved limes/always had them at home only to, in a different video, say she doesn't like limes at all and the limes were just set dressing for the segment she was filming lol It totally took me out bc it was such a random thing to lie about.

[bluestoplights]

the kind of harmless lying i would support celebs doing more of

[ginainabottle]

same, and the way she flat out admitted it was weirdly endearing lol

[treenotree]

I believe she even admitted was allergic to them! Between Ellen, the limes, and telling Jimmy Fallon he should let his guests talk, she really has some iconic interview moments

[ms_issy]

Is this cancelable or no? I don’t know anymore!

[bluestoplights]

but is it emotionally true

[ms_issy]

Gonna use that for my get out of jail free card

[dadom88]

Definitely not defending him, this is vile, but I honestly just assume all comedian stories are fake...I thought that was just a given.

I mean, comedians literally make up vile shit about their families all the time.

The only comedian I believe is Kathy Griffin...mostly because I want all of her stories to be true.

[ripqueequeg]

I think, for me with this, there's a difference between fluffing something up to make it funnier and then straight up lying about a "racist" encounter bc he's mad a girl didn't want to go out with him, which has led to years of harassment towards her

[dadom88]

I'm kind of inclined to believe the story though? He only admitted to him finding out that she had another date days before, but maintained it was because of the parents.

All the other lies are no worse than any other comedian.

I would 100% believe a desi man over a 90's white girl with racist parents.

This is not a hill I'm going to die on though. I just feel like OP and people in the comments didn't actually read the article.

I say, having only read the article after my first post. haha

[sabrina54]

Have you read the article

[shittysoup]

[bluestoplights]

Yep, multiple women have come forward with these claims. It sucks because I really liked + admired Hasan

[prlsb4swiine]

yeah whatever happened to those claims, they seemed to almost disappear from the publics mind

[stillingfleet]

I am honestly so disappointed. I really loved patriot act but I hate liars !