Leslie Knope would never, but it seems like Amy Poehler would.
The beloved “Saturday Night Live” alum is getting a lot of pushback from her fans for inviting her former “Parks and Recreation” co-star and comedian Aziz Ansari on to her podcast.
“Everyone loves the podcast so when the comments look as they do right now you know something’s up,” observed one YouTube commenter beneath Tuesday’s episode of Poehler’s “Good Hang” podcast.
Not only was Ansari accused of sexual misconduct in 2018, but he — and other big name comedians such as Pete Davidson, Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Bill Burr and Louis C.K. — are receiving an onslaught of backlash for performing at Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival earlier this month.
Human Rights Watch warned late last month that the state-sponsored event was an attempt to “deflect attention” from the country’s “brutal repression of free speech and other pervasive human rights violations.” It also noted that the festival coincided with the seventh anniversary of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi consulate.
