Tag: Hasan Minhaj

Hasan Minhaj rightfully ripped Skip Bayless over a trash take about a joke from Giannis Antetokounmpo

Shame on Skip Bayless, man.

By now, we all know what it is when it comes to Skip Bayless. The dude will say just about anything as long as it gets people watching his show, which includes trashing his own co-workers.

So it’s no surprise that pulled a joke from Giannis Antetokounmpo’s appearance on The Daily Show with Hasan Minhaj and unnecessarily tried to turn it into so much more than that.

You’ve probably seen the clip floating around the internet over the last day. It’s Antetkounmpo throwing a playful and unserious jab at Kevin Durant, who was set to make his debut for the Phoenix Suns soon after the recording.

Giannis said “how about we work out together sometime so I can teach you how to carry your own team.”

It was absolutely hilarious and very clearly a joke. The dude even praised Durant immediately after as part of the bit.

That didn’t stop talking head types like Bayless and his co-host, Shannon Sharpe, from clipping the comment and digging in on it without any context.

Here’s the thing, though. Antetkounmpo was actually on the show to promote the Charles Antetkounmpo Family Foundation — a charity created in the name of Giannis’ late father. So, clearly, it meant a lot for him to be on the show. The jokes were really just a bonus.

So when Antetkounmpo was getting ripped for making a few jokes, Minhaj wasn’t having it. He addressed it on the very next show.

Minhaj essentially pointed out why Bayless and folks like him are the worst part of the media.

“That’s the vexxing thing I hate about being part of the media. It’s this [explective] clickbait, Instagram Reels, TikTok media grift. If I just snip out the right amount, oh baby, I can ride the wave…And the [explitive] part is, Skip is perpetuating the very reason why professional athletes don’t go on these shows. They’ve created a dynamic where you’ve got to go full Darth Maul in order to be an athlete that does media. ” 

Minhaj has a point here. Athletes who do make media appearances have to be careful with their words, or else they’ll be parsed like Giannis’ jokes above and used as fodder for the next day’s media cycle. That’s why, whenever athletes do speak, it tends to be so bland.

But if you’re an athlete who does do media, you’ve got to have the most scorching hot take for anyone to pay attention to you. Kendrick Perkins, for example, argued on Wednesday that part of the reason Nikola Jokic might be the NBA’s current favorite for MVP is that he’s white — not because he’s the best player on the top seed in the West while averaging a 25-point triple-double.

So, yeah, Minhaj definitely has a point. But he also issued a challenge to Skip Bayless.

“I think … if Skip really cares about the athlete and the sport, then I think if he’s going to benefit off the grift then he should make a donation to the Charles Antetkounmpo family foundation. You’ve got to cleanse those pockets, baby.” 

Sounds good to me. Pay up, Skip. It’s the least you could do after making such a mockery of what should’ve just been a fun highlight of the NBA season.

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Giannis Antetokounmpo tried and hilariously failed to talk trash on NBA stars during The Daily Show

Giannis is so darn nice!!!

Giannis Antetokounmpo is arguably the best NBA player around right now, but you’ll probably never hear him profess such a statement himself.

When the Milwaukee Bucks star guested on The Daily Show on Monday, host Hasan Minhaj tried to get him out of this shell a little bit. Minhaj wondered aloud why Antetokounmpo was so nice, despite him carrying the mantel as one of the faces of the NBA.

The conversation would turn to Minhaj convincing Antetokounmpo to read off some scripted trash talk about some of the league’s biggest superstars. And while Antetokounmpo would initially deliver, his trademark politeness prevented him from selling his roasts of guys like Luka Dončić, Nikola Jokic, and Kevin Durant.

In fact, much to the joking chagrin of Minhaj, Antetokounmpo hilariously walked back his trash talk of his peers almost immediately in each instance:

Amazing. It’s one thing to joke about your fellow NBA stars for comedy. It’s absolute comedic gold when you can’t even stick with the punchline and have to laugh your way through a compliment.

Try as he might, Minhaj couldn’t convince Antetokounmpo to break free of his usual nice precedent. And that’s what made this segment so perfect.

Netflix cancelled ‘Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj’ and the internet was not happy about it

Man, this is tough.

Through its short two years of existence, Hasan Minhaj’s show Patriot Act had become one of the most popular shows on Netflix.

The show dove into the cultural and political landscape of America and deconstructed it through Minhaj’s incredible storytelling ability.

Its best quality was frequently diving in on global trends and subject matters and making them simple. It was just brilliant. Not only was it comedy, but it was always chock full of essential information about subject matters people encounter on a daily basis. And he frequently used journalism to do it.

And now, after six seasons on the platform, the show has been cancelled and it’s unclear why. Minhaj announced the news on Tuesday morning in a tweet.

The cancellation came out of nowhere despite. And, considering how critically acclaimed the show was, so many people had questions.

The internet went into a frenzy after Minhaj posted the news.

Netflix confirmed the cancellation to Deadline shortly after the news broke,  but they didn’t give a reason for it.

Patriot Act was yet another foray into the late night talk show space for Netflix that they’ve been trying to crack for years. If this show’s cancellation is any indication, they’ve really struggled to get things to stick.

Hopefully, for us, though, Minhaj will be able to continue doing the work he was doing elsewhere at some point. We just have to wait and see until then.

‘Patriot Act With Hasan Minhaj’ Canceled After Six Seasons On Netflix