Hasan Minhaj explains embellishment in his stand-up: 'I use the tools of standup comedy — hyperbole, changing names and locations, and compressing timelines.' ...

Hasan Minhaj, 37, admitted that the stories in his stand-up comedy, including those in the 2022 Netflix special "The King’s Jester," are fabricated. Minhaj is reportedly a front-runner to ...

Comedian Hasan Minhaj has admitted that he embellished stories in past stand-up acts. The former Patriot Act host, who has built a career around using his experiences as a Muslim American in a ...

Hasan Minhaj performs his 2017 Netflix special stand up set "Homecoming King". Hasan Minhaj has had a successful career as a comedian, with three Netflix specials under his belt.

Hasan Minhaj spoofs stand-up controversy, fact-checks his new comedy special: 'Getting ahead of this' The comedian addresses the fact-check controversy in "Off With His Head," streaming now on ...

Hasan Minhaj says controversial interview about his stand-up was 'needlessly misleading': 'I'm not a psycho' "The truth is, racism, FBI surveillance, and the threats to my family happened.

Hasan Minhaj Says Exposé on His Embellished Stand-Up Act Was ‘Misleading’ and ‘Made Me Look Like’ a ‘Psycho’; New Yorker ‘Stands By Our Story’ ...

Just over a month after The New Yorker published a story in which it was revealed that Hasan Minhaj embellished some of his stand-up routines, the comedian has responded in a 20-minute video in ...

Hasan Minhaj admitted to — and defended — making up stories in his stand-up sets in a new interview with The New Yorker.. The story outlines several fabrications peppered throughout Minhaj’s ...

Related: Hasan Minhaj says controversial interview about his stand-up was 'needlessly misleading': 'I'm not a psycho' "My comedy Arnold Palmer is 70 percent emotional truth — this happened ...

Hasan Minhaj Defends “Emotional Truth” of Stand-Up After Claims Some Material Was Embellished. As a New Yorker article finds seemingly untrue details in anecdotes told as part of his comedy ...

Now, a year after the controversy, Minhaj's third stand-up special, Hasan Minhaj: Off With His Head, was released on Netflix on Oct. 22. During his set, Minhaj touched on the fact-checking scandal.