Bill Burr doesn’t “give a f--- what all these phony f---ing people are saying” about his choice to perform at Saudi Arabia’s state-sponsored Riyadh Comedy Festival.

“All of these sanctimonious c---s out there—if you actually give a f--- about those people and how they’re living over there, there’s gonna have to be these types of things to pull them in,” Burr said Sunday night during a special live recording of Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, as reported by The Hollywood Reporter.

Burr was one of several American comedians to perform at the festival, which was headlined by Dave Chappelle and included sets from Pete Davidson, Kevin Hart, Aziz Ansari, and more. Each comic has taken a lot of heat since the lineup was announced, with Marc Maron quipping they were performing for “the folks that

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