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Bassem Youssef

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1347 total appearances

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And then there was like a kind of a confrontation between them and the army. And then a lot of people were killed in the street. It was terrible massacre. And then suddenly I am blamed for all of that. It's like, you made fun of us. So now it made it easier for people to kill. It's like, dude, come on. You're doing that to me too. I just did it better than you.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And then there was like a kind of a confrontation between them and the army. And then a lot of people were killed in the street. It was terrible massacre. And then suddenly I am blamed for all of that. It's like, you made fun of us. So now it made it easier for people to kill. It's like, dude, come on. You're doing that to me too. I just did it better than you.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And the fact that you sided with the same people that flipped against you, that's not my fault. Did you criticize the army at all? Yeah. So after that show, I did like one episode against the army and I was canceled the next day. And then I went to another channel, did 16 episodes in a different season. And it was, I was walking on eggshells. And then that was canceled again.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And the fact that you sided with the same people that flipped against you, that's not my fault. Did you criticize the army at all? Yeah. So after that show, I did like one episode against the army and I was canceled the next day. And then I went to another channel, did 16 episodes in a different season. And it was, I was walking on eggshells. And then that was canceled again.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And the fact that you sided with the same people that flipped against you, that's not my fault. Did you criticize the army at all? Yeah. So after that show, I did like one episode against the army and I was canceled the next day. And then I went to another channel, did 16 episodes in a different season. And it was, I was walking on eggshells. And then that was canceled again.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And then the production company that was doing my show, that we severed ties because we didn't have the show. They had their offices raided. They have people having death threats. So I woke up one day, 11th of November, 2014, and my lawyer said, like, leave the country right now. There is this legal case that they're coming for you.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And then the production company that was doing my show, that we severed ties because we didn't have the show. They had their offices raided. They have people having death threats. So I woke up one day, 11th of November, 2014, and my lawyer said, like, leave the country right now. There is this legal case that they're coming for you.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And then the production company that was doing my show, that we severed ties because we didn't have the show. They had their offices raided. They have people having death threats. So I woke up one day, 11th of November, 2014, and my lawyer said, like, leave the country right now. There is this legal case that they're coming for you.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

But they said like, you cannot, it was an arbitration case and I lost against the channel that basically canceled me. And they said like, but there's no jail time in arbitration. It's like, yeah, tell that to the judges, leave. So I jumped on a plane. The verdict was 12 noon, 11 November, five afternoon I was on a plane, left Egypt and I never came back since then.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

But they said like, you cannot, it was an arbitration case and I lost against the channel that basically canceled me. And they said like, but there's no jail time in arbitration. It's like, yeah, tell that to the judges, leave. So I jumped on a plane. The verdict was 12 noon, 11 November, five afternoon I was on a plane, left Egypt and I never came back since then.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

But they said like, you cannot, it was an arbitration case and I lost against the channel that basically canceled me. And they said like, but there's no jail time in arbitration. It's like, yeah, tell that to the judges, leave. So I jumped on a plane. The verdict was 12 noon, 11 November, five afternoon I was on a plane, left Egypt and I never came back since then.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

I can tell you something. I was so stressed because of the show, because of everything. I sometimes I would wake up in the morning and I hope that the bullet will come and finish everything because I was so stressed. It's like, I would love because I'm too much of a chicken to kill myself. So I would like rather have someone else do it for me. So I, I, I, I was, I was so under so much pressure.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

I can tell you something. I was so stressed because of the show, because of everything. I sometimes I would wake up in the morning and I hope that the bullet will come and finish everything because I was so stressed. It's like, I would love because I'm too much of a chicken to kill myself. So I would like rather have someone else do it for me. So I, I, I, I was, I was so under so much pressure.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

I can tell you something. I was so stressed because of the show, because of everything. I sometimes I would wake up in the morning and I hope that the bullet will come and finish everything because I was so stressed. It's like, I would love because I'm too much of a chicken to kill myself. So I would like rather have someone else do it for me. So I, I, I, I was, I was so under so much pressure.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And I remember the day that like my show was canceled indefinitely the second time. under the army, and I was like, I don't have to worry about what kind of script I have to write next week. Because this is, you know, remember when you asked me about like that tweet, about like all of those, these accusations doesn't bother me. Infidel spy, secret Jew, Zionist, Islamo-Nazi, that's bullshit.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And I remember the day that like my show was canceled indefinitely the second time. under the army, and I was like, I don't have to worry about what kind of script I have to write next week. Because this is, you know, remember when you asked me about like that tweet, about like all of those, these accusations doesn't bother me. Infidel spy, secret Jew, Zionist, Islamo-Nazi, that's bullshit.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

And I remember the day that like my show was canceled indefinitely the second time. under the army, and I was like, I don't have to worry about what kind of script I have to write next week. Because this is, you know, remember when you asked me about like that tweet, about like all of those, these accusations doesn't bother me. Infidel spy, secret Jew, Zionist, Islamo-Nazi, that's bullshit.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

What is really, what really leaves a mark is the criticism to your craft and your work.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

What is really, what really leaves a mark is the criticism to your craft and your work.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#424 โ€“ Bassem Youssef: Israel-Palestine, Gaza, Hamas, Middle East, Satire & Fame

What is really, what really leaves a mark is the criticism to your craft and your work.