Bill Burr called out his online critics, particularly Ben Shapiro, in a new interview with Vulture's Good One Podcast. The comedian is quick to respond to the interviewer's question about the far-right commentator, who recently complained about attending one of Burr's stand-up shows, calling him "woke."
"He doesn't even know what that word means," Burr interrupted, "his definition of 'woke' is white liberals' definition of woke." Burr, who has always criticized both Democrats and Republicans in his comedy sets, shared why he believes Shapiro attended his show. "He went there to be annoyed so he can then have something to talk about and then he can make money off dividing his own country," he said, "those people, it's treasonous what they do."
The interview quickly turned political early on when Burr began talking about writing his newest comedy special. "When I was growing up, everybody hated the Russians," he said, "now, people hate California or Florida or New York or Texas." Burr talks about his desire to unite the country through apolitical comedy, but admits that internet culture has emboldened people like Shapiro to widely spread hateful messages.
"That idiot Ben Shapiro," Burr says later in the interview, "he was trying to bring me into his fold. At one point, the guy liked me and then, all of a sudden, I’m a fucking asshole. I’m supposed to look at that guy like he’s an adult?"
When asked if the plan to label Burr as "woke" worked, the comedian reveals that Shapiro's video led to online harassment. "Racists. They're racists," he said, "they send pictures of monkeys to me and my wife. They’re fucking horrible people. And they’re cowards, and they never say it to your face."
Talking about the larger media landscape, Burr describes a current "ugliness" in which hateful content is being platformed. "We’ve already seen what it does to a nation, and it’s not the way to go."
from Men's Journal https://ift.tt/J2l1WDA
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