{"id":86822,"date":"2022-10-04T16:10:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T16:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hasan-minhaj-found-a-bit-even-nathan-fielder-wouldnt-commit-to\/"},"modified":"2022-10-04T16:10:57","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T16:10:57","slug":"hasan-minhaj-found-a-bit-even-nathan-fielder-wouldnt-commit-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hasan-minhaj-found-a-bit-even-nathan-fielder-wouldnt-commit-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Hasan Minhaj found a bit even Nathan Fielder wouldn’t commit to"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nathan Fielder is the current reigning champion of ethically dubious comedy, but apparently, Hassan Minhaj<\/span> found a line even he wouldn’t cross. Minhaj’s new Netflix special The King’s Jester<\/em> explores some of his regrets in pushing a bit too far, which includes certain actions surrounding the Controversial Saudi Arabia episode<\/span> Ugh Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj<\/em><\/span>. <\/em>In a new interview with The Daily Beast<\/em><\/span>the comedian admits that he tried to recruit Fielder for a potentially dangerous prank. <\/p>\n

\u201cEven after it happened and the episode got taken down and my Hajj visa was denied, I had this idea where, in Islam, if you can’t make your pilgrimage, somebody can make it on your behalf. So God has created this little loophole. So I said, how can we make a sketch out of this? I feel like this would be kind of the ultimate long con,\u201d he explains. \u201cSo I called Nathan Fielder, and I go, ‘Nate, have you ever considered Islam? I know you love reporting from the field. What if you converted to Islam? You know, Muslims and Jews, we are cousins, we both come from Abraham, let’s just do this. You go down. You make your pilgrimage on my behalf. We come back and, you know, maybe we go on CBS Sunday Morning<\/em> and let the Saudis know, ‘Hey, no autocratic power can inhibit my connection to God.’\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI remember Nate said something that was so chilling now that I think about it. He goes, ‘Could this get me hurt?’ And Matt, he meant it sincerely,\u201d Minhaj tells writer Matt Wilstein. \u201c’Would this get me hurt? Would they kill me?’ He’s like, ‘Dude, I don’t know. I think the idea is brilliant. I think it’s so funny. But\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

In some ways, it’s a badge of honor to find a bit too extreme for Nathan Fielder<\/span>\u2014but as Minhaj notes, \u201c[This] isn’t, ‘I’m gonna create a restaurant called Dumb Starbucks.’ This is, ‘I’m gonna fly to Saudi Arabia and pull this off with cameras.’ There is a delta of danger here that a lot of Americans don’t know. Safety is assumed in the States.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, Minhaj says he’s relieved they \u201cdidn’t go through with it,\u201d adding, \u201cBut I’m also kind of ashamed at myself that to pursue comedy and to pursue a bit, I’d be willing to put myself and another person’s life in danger. That’s not cool, man.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hasan Minhaj; Nathan Fielderphoto: Dimitrios Kambouris; Alberto E. Rodriguez (Getty Images) Nathan Fielder is the current reigning champion of ethically dubious comedy, but apparently, Hassan Minhaj found a line even he wouldn’t cross. Minhaj’s new Netflix special The King’s Jester explores some of his regrets in pushing a bit too far, which includes certain actions …<\/p>\n

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