COMEDIAN DAVID CROSS RELEASED A FIERY STATEENT ON HIS WEBSITE MONDAY CONDEMNING The COMEDIANS WHO AGREED TO SAUDI Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival.
“I am disgusted, and deeply disappotinted in this whole gross thing,” Cross Wrote. “That People I admire, with unarguable talent, Wauld CONDONE THIS Totalian fiefdom for… what, does Fourth house? Do Boat? More sneakers?”
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He Continued, “We Can Never Again Take Serious AnyThing These COMEDIANS Complain About (unless Complaining that we don’t supment enough torture and masks of journists and lgbqt Peace here in the states, or that we don’t t as terrorism Flying plans into Our Buildings). ”
Cross Went on to Call Out Specific Names from the Lineup, Including Comedy Gants dve Chappelle, Louie CK and Bill Burr.
“Clearly you guys don’t give a shit about what the rest of us think, but how can any of you have Serious Ever Again?” Cross added. “All of Your Bitching About ‘Cancel Culture’ and ‘Freedom of Speech’ and All that Shit? Done.
The “Mr. Show” Star isn’t the first chomedian to take the Riyadh Comedy Festival. Marc Maron recently took to his “wtf” podcast to be slam those participating in the event.
“I mean, how you do you promote that? “I mean, the same guy that gonna pay is the same guy that that it paid that guy to bone-saw jamal khashoggi and put Him in a fucking suitcase.
Shane Gillis Also Disavowed the Festival, Saying on His “Secret Podcast” that he tourned down an invitation and a “Significant Bag” for an appearance fee.
He Said, “I took a principle stand. You don’t 9/11 your friends.”
Other US COMEDIANS SET TO Appear at the Riyadh Comedy Festival Include Kevin Hart, Pete Davidson, Russell Peters, Gabriel Iglesias, Wayne Brady, Jeff Ross, Tom Segura and Hannibal Buress.
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