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Comedian Jim Gaffigan revealed in an interview why he's mostly steering clear of politics in his stand-up material these days.

Gaffigan told Variety that comedy fans don’t attend stand-up shows to hear lectures — they go to escape the real world and simply laugh at silly jokes.

When the interviewer mentioned the recent crossover between comedy and politics, Gaffigan responded, "People are coming to a show to have a break from some of this drama. That’s not to say there aren’t great comedians who talk about social commentary — the spirit of George Carlin is very important," and recalled his political jokes following President Donald Trump 's first election victory in 2016 not landing how he'd imagined.

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