David Cross Rips Burr, Chappelle, Louis CK and Other Comedians Performing in Riyadh

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While several comedians have admitted they declined the giant paycheck to attend the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia this week (Stavros Halkias, Mike Birbiglia, Shane Gillis ), and Marc Maron even mocked those attending , David Cross has unleashed a torrent of anger in a statement he released taking those who accepted the Saudi “blood money” to task, conceding that he was not invited but “that there’s not enough money for me to help these depraved, awful people put a ‘fun face’ on their crimes against humanity.”

“I am disgusted, and deeply disappointed in this whole gross thing. That people I admire, with unarguable talent, would condone this totalitarian fie

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