Comedian Bill Burr has defended his performance at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia several of his peers denounced him and others as sellouts.
As Breitbart News reported this week, a backlash has been brewing against comedians joining the festival, accusing them of profiting from a totalitarian regime.
“I took a principled stand. You don’t 9/11 your friends,” comedian Shane Gillis said about rejecting the Saudi offer — referring to the fact that 15 of the 9/11 terrorists were from the country.
Burr, however, feels differently, asserting that the people of Saudi Arabia should not be equated with the government.
“It was great to…
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