Another Top Comedian Rules Out Working In Trump’s America Over ‘Locked Up’ Fears
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British comic Stewart Lee explained why “I wouldn’t work in the States at the moment.”
Don’t expect to see top British stand-up comedian Stewart Lee performing in the United States anytime soon, because of his fear that his past gags could be used against him amid the Trump White House’s targeting of dissenters.
“I wouldn’t work in the States at the moment,” Lee told Channel 4 News’ Krishnan Guru-Murthy in a lengthy interview released this week.
“I’d worry about them going them through my jokes and ending up spending two days locked up without my heart medication,” he said, adding: “I just worry about it.”
The admission came after Lee revealed he’d recently turned down an offer to perform his new show, titled “Stewart Lee Vs. The Man-Wulf,” for a week at a venue in Chicago.
“It’s not something I’d normally do anyway,” he acknowledged, before lightheartedly quipping: “At the moment, I’d have to take a huge set of American cityscape and two full-sized werewolf costumes. I’d have to get those through American customs at the moment…”
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