Ari Shaffir's comments on the death of Kobe Bryant certainly did not go over well when he initially made them. I don’t know about you, reader, but when I saw this video, it made me sick to my stomach. Other frequent guests of Joe Rogan’s wildly popular podcast, the Joe Rogan Experience, are full-fledged members of the MMA community, for obvious reasons. "Just looking to post some inappropriate jokes for my fans. Kobe Community. Rogan says his Kobe joke crossed the line in a major way. Regular listeners of Rogan were surprised by the way Rogan talked about Shaffir, as if he had watched this whole thing unfold from a distance. In an Instagram video, Shaffir says “a guy who got away with rape got his today” and tweeted a similar message, though the video is now deleted and his Twitter account is now locked.

One of his close friends, Joe Rogan, and his guest on his podcast, Jim Norton, gave their thoughts on the situation. It's difficult enough to tap dance on a grave if the ground is still soft, but even more difficult and disturbing if the tap dancer just kind of stands there. It is unclear what the future holds for Shaffir. “It’s just a joke” does nothing to undo the damage caused when a cackling lunatic filmed his oddly shaped face, up close and personal mocking the death of someone who is being mourned across the globe. The New York Comedy Club was forced to cancel some shows due to threats reportedly related to Shaffir's joke. This has nothing to do with Joe Rogan Hope Bernies d*ck burns your a**hole +8 6 months ago '18 #5: BlackBanga 6 K 368. Joe Rogan FINALLY Addressed Ari Shaffir's Kobe Bryant Comments https://t.co/Vswx5sKqVo#IowaCaucusDisaster. So as a response to all the outpouring of sympathy on social media, I post something vile. I hate the Lakers. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. A portal to discuss Joe Rogan, Comedy, MMA, Psychedelics, Mind-expanding revelations, Conspiracies, Insights, Fitness & Health. However, Rogan felt that the danger in these kinds of jokes is that they need to be escalated to keep getting a laugh. There is no logical explanation, why anyone in their right mind would think that this would go over well, or over any kind of way at all. To paraphrase Theo Von, who posted a video reaction, “Ari wanted all the smoke and he got it man.

In March 2005, it was widely reported that Kobe Bryant had settled a civil suit out of court with a Colorado woman named Katelyn Faber. Exactly. 592k members in the JoeRogan community. share. He got away with rape because all the Hollywood liberals who attack comedy enjoy rooting for the Lakers more than they dislike rape. This presented a unique challenge to Shaffir’s colleagues for a couple of reasons, the most obvious of which is the timing. But, come on man! "It was so stupid, but it's also what you said earlier, that you gotta keep ramping it up," Rogan said. Kobe is a legend in that city and no one's going to touch him. i also can't imagine joe defending him. There wasn’t a punchline or anything. Copyright 2018 PopCulture.com.

People loved Steve Irwin, but the joke was fucking hilarious. Joe Rogan and Jim Norton Respond to Ari Shaffir's Kobe Rant https://t.co/RFW13f20Rv via @YouTube what a shame Rogan and norton are living legends and they just lost all my respect because they feel like they can determine what is and isn’t funny or acceptable to to say !!!

"He needed to know that there are consequences for just saying ridiculous s— that you're not supposed to say when people die," Rogan said. More importantly, there is not much comedy in Shaffir’s video. They wondered how other comedians could denounce Shaffir's shock-value jokes when they themselves had made them in the past. I certainly don’t speak for the MMA community (fighters, fans and writers) but I sknow that almost no one considers Ari Shaffir to be a member of said community, despite his proximity to MMA aficionado and long-time UFC color commentator Joe Rogan. News, after the venue received multiple threats. "I've been doing it for years now. There’s a video of Shaffir appearing on the podcast Punch Drunk Sports where Shaffir admits to , at the request of the child’s mother – to showing a 5 year old girl A CHILD his p enis while urinating.

I hate the Lakers. 586 comments. No one is laughing. ", In one way, Shaffir’s antics have been rewarded, in that he got his first lengthy New York Times writeup, and is now a fresh face on the cross of the contrarian free-speech patriot. Big ups to the hero who forgot to gas up his chopper. Norton said Shaffir misjudged the country’s grief, then told a story about the comedian pulling his dick out at the end of a taped standup performance for HBO in 2008. I like destroying gods. Again, it is hard to imagine anyone would think that what he said in his tweet and video is 1. a joke or 2. remotely funny. Shaffir later said his account had been hacked. "[Joe Rogan]'s comedian license is hereby revoked," one fan tweeted.
He musta thought dosing Bert would do it, but Joe got everyone to forgive him. In any case, he issued an apology in which he attempted to explain that his posts about Kobe were “a joke”. And right when a famous person dies they're at their most worshipped. Ari Shaffir's account sent out a tweet saying that Kobe Bryant died "23 years too late" on the day of the Lakers star's death. Many of those comments are from burner accounts, but some are actually people who didn’t mind their personal information, such as their name and photo, being attached to their posts. Some fans had so much conviction in defending Shaffir that they denounced Rogan over his commentary. PLEASE never go on Joe Rogan again! Shortly after the tragedy that took the life of Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others, Shaffir posted a video to Twitter. Shaffir has been known to make jokes quickly after any notable celebrity passes away. Shaffir’s show, Ari Shaffir: Jew, on February 8 at NYU’s Skirball Center was also cancelled after the production company withdrew from the show. This is one member of the MMA community's response. They feel that the other comics are yes-men, agreeing with Rogan and giving him positive feedback on whatever he says because the want to stay in his orbit and benefit from his massive platform. he has young daughters and recently flew in a helicopter with bill burr. All rights reserved. Your actions have brought unnecessary heat down on Joe Rogan and the fallout is going to linger for some time, I believe. Teenage Porn Star Controversy Rocks California High School. I’m glad he’s dead.”, In April 2016, Shaffir tweeted, “Hey feminists of LA, How come you’re giving Kobe Bryant a free pass on that rape? Strange times, indeed. and seven other people were killed in the crash. Shortly after Shaffir’s video went viral, his January 28 show at the New York Comedy Club was cancelled, as reported by Yahoo! !” In the video, Godfrey notes Shaffir deleted his Instagram video and locked his Twitter account, and says, "I personally don't give a fuck what happens to you, for real. By Nicole Behnam. I hate the Lakers. 435. You hijacked an incredibly sad moment and made so many people feel so much worse. Still, fans have not stopped going after him online.

it's just a joke. It isn’t ‘dry humor’ or ‘dark humor.’ It’s not even humor at all. After Ari Shaffir made a video joking about Bryant, comedians like Joe Rogan and Tom Segura say he went too far. The audience doesn’t have to agree with you, and they don’t have to watch, is the usual response. Rogan talked about Shaffir's indiscretion with his podcast guest Jim Norton last week. So he had to go so hard in the paint even Joe Rogan couldn't save him, the man must really love mushrooms. Nevertheless it’s still hard to ignore this guy, who constantly creeps into our lives through his association with Rogan.
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