Hasan Minhaj Dings Deadline; Roasts IFC For Airing Will Ferrell ‘Semi-Pro’ Pic Instead Of Independent Spirit Awards In Opening Monologue
05.03.2023 - 01:31
/ deadline.com
“We’re doing this totally independent, we don’t even have a distributor!” exclaimed Independent Spirit Awards host Hasan Minhaj from the broadcast-less Santa Monica Beach tent this afternoon.
“The Independent Film Channel didn’t want the independent film awards!” Minhaj continued.
“Take that in. IFC did not renew their contract. Let me reiterate how bad this is. The independent film channel did not want the independent film awards. That’s like if Jordan Peterson cut ties with divorced men,” he dinged.”
“I actually looked up what IFC chose to air right now instead of us. Any guesses? Semi-Pro starring Will Ferrell and Woody Harrelson. That’s what’s playing right now. Look at th star power of this room – and IFC. Was like ‘Mmm, naw.'”
The comedian roasted Semi-Pro for being a bomb in its day, particularly for a Ferrell film, and one with bad wigs (the movie grossed only $44M WW and was directed by former New Line and Comedy Central Executive Kent Alterman).
Minhaj also took aim at Deadline Hollywood, claiming we had “porn” bait headlines. Well, excuuuuseee us!. What’s worst than our headlines per the comedian? The comments in our stories!
“I can’t wait to hear about all these jokes on Deadline.com,” slammed Minaj.
“There’s nothing I love more than dogshit clickbait journalism. I love how you guys make every headline sound like porn. Seriously how did we let Deadline become the most important website in our industry? It has the web layout of a craigslist ad and it governs our lives. You know when I figured out – They literally ran a story about how Steven Spielberg doesn’t have an idea right now. You think I’m kidding? Breaking news out of Berlin!”
“Deadline comments are just YouTube comments with CTE!” he added.