The Saudi Arabian state-sponsored festival has drawn criticism due to the government’s alleged human rights abusesThe post Jimmy Carr defends playing Riyadh Comedy Festival: “I’ll go where the audiences are” appeared first on NME. Read more
Nme - Dec 21Pete Davidson and Colin Jost bought a decommissioned Staten Island Ferry in 2022. Davidson joked he did the Riyadh Comedy Festival because he needs the money. Read more
Business Insider - Nov 10
Human Rights Watch said on Thursday it will not accept donations from comedians who performed at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. The human rights organization told Variety that it “cannot accept” donations from comedians like Aziz Ansari and others who performed. “But while we cannot ... Read more
The Hill - Oct 11
ABC talk show host Jimmy Kimmel grills comedian Aziz Ansari for taking money to perform at a Riyadh comedy festival under the brutal Saudi Arabian regime. Read more
Fox News - Oct 10
“There’s good in it, maybe some bad in it,” the comedian admitted on Real Time. Read more
New York Post - Oct 04
The comedian revealed on Threads that she turned down an offer to appear at the festival that Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Bill Burr and Pete Davidson are set to perform at. Read more
The Hollywood Reporter - Sep 27
Saudi Arabia’s upcoming Riyadh Comedy Festival is drawing controversy with several U.S. comedians blasting the star-studded event and Human Rights Watch asking participating artists to “request a meeting about Saudi Arabia’s human rights crisis,” the org. said in a statement. “The seventh anniver... Read more
Variety - Sep 26
