Donald Trump’s media blitz included a number of the largest names in podcasting.
That features “Flagrant,” the present hosted by Andrew Schulz and Akaash Singh.
That episode went reside Oct. 9.
This week, Schulz reveals the fallout from that interview within the newest “Flagrant” episode.
Brooklyn Academy of Music, the place Schulz deliberate to shoot his subsequent comedy particular, canceled the gig hours after the Trump interview went reside.
The podcasters laughed concerning the resolution. That couldn’t cowl up the way it impacted his entourage’s efforts to safe a becoming backdrop for his follow-up to “Notorious.”
“We’ve had these venues locked in for months now,” Schulz stated about his future touring plans together with the venue in query. “It’s not like, ‘we would do it right here’ It’s booked. It’s able to go. We’re occurring sale this week. We had all the manufacturing crew come out [to inspect the building]. We have now the set design already curated … it’s able to go.”
“We get an e mail three and a half hours later, ‘after discussing with our board members, we don’t suppose it will be …” Schulz stated, his voice trailing off.
He finally shared the venue in query: Brooklyn Academy of Music. “Flagrant” confirmed the rejection e mail on its YouTube channel.
“BAM is just not the best match for this present at the moment,” the letter reads.
“I don’t know if it’s the interview [that caused the cancellation], however the day earlier than it got here out we had been able to go and [tickets] had been occurring sale this week…In the event you’ve bought a venue for us, that may be nice. We’d actually like to shoot this particular,” the New York native stated.
“The irony is that that is your most private particular. It’s not political. It’s about you and your journey,” Singh stated.
Schulz stated the particular was slated for a November taping however these plans are on maintain, for now.
It’s not the primary time a membership bought chilly toes over Schulz’s rebellious shtick.
In 2021, a Toronto comedy membership canceled Schulz’s appearances over inappropriate materials. The comic rapidly discovered a brand new venue and bought it out.
He’s not alone within the comedy world.
Seattle Comedy Membership Cancels 4 Comedians Over ‘Progressive Values’ https://t.co/245pgrgdJL pic.twitter.com/Hgz3omcHAv
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A Seattle membership canceled 4 unwoke comedians earlier this yr, fearing backlash from its hard-Left group. A number of years in the past, “Everyone Loves Raymond” alum Brad Garrett fired comic Steve “Mudflap” McGrew for being a Trump supporter, the comic alleges.
Schulz isn’t as outrageous as an Andrew Cube Clay, however he doesn’t play by the present woke guidelines. And he’s paid a value for that method.
A serious streaming platform deliberate to launch “Notorious” two years in the past, nevertheless it demanded the comic censor choose jokes from the fabric.
He refused.
He purchased again rights to the particular and says he rapidly recouped his prices. After which some.
UPDATE: Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is scheduled to share an artwork exhibit tied to censorship of the humanities. “OUTRAGE: Films and the Tradition Wars, 1987–1996” targets conservatives for trying to “finish federal arts funding and erode public belief in liberal establishments.”