Ronny Chieng (performing a bit)
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all about earn your voice like me. I did. I had to f***ing get on this show to get a voice. You don't get a voice just because you're in your underwear on Instagram. Ronny regrets that gatekeepers have been removed from the process.
all about earn your voice like me. I did. I had to f***ing get on this show to get a voice. You don't get a voice just because you're in your underwear on Instagram. Ronny regrets that gatekeepers have been removed from the process.
I love the gatekeepers. It was so tough to come here. It was really tough for me to come here. I like you. I also really wanted to come here.
I love the gatekeepers. It was so tough to come here. It was really tough for me to come here. I like you. I also really wanted to come here.
In fact, don't even talk about the green card. Even the visa before the green card, it's called the extraordinary ability visa. Yes. You have to prove, first of all, that you have extraordinary ability, which I challenge anyone to do. Unless you're freaking an NBA player or something. And then, second of all, it's like, if you don't constantly prove that you're... They can deport you. Yeah.
In fact, don't even talk about the green card. Even the visa before the green card, it's called the extraordinary ability visa. Yes. You have to prove, first of all, that you have extraordinary ability, which I challenge anyone to do. Unless you're freaking an NBA player or something. And then, second of all, it's like, if you don't constantly prove that you're... They can deport you. Yeah.
Like, if I have a bad segment on The Daily Show, I'm... That's right.
Like, if I have a bad segment on The Daily Show, I'm... That's right.
Yeah, so in a weird way, I'm with you in that, like, immigrants to America who come here actually want to be here and have fought to be here, and we're the ones who get shit done here. Yes. Because we had to f***ing prove it every single time. That's right. Immigrants.
Yeah, so in a weird way, I'm with you in that, like, immigrants to America who come here actually want to be here and have fought to be here, and we're the ones who get shit done here. Yes. Because we had to f***ing prove it every single time. That's right. Immigrants.
So we get it. You know, every interview I've researched you on, you profess your love for America. You're still here. Clearly you still love it. Yeah. Okay, so can you shut the f*** up and be American for one minute instead of constantly complaining and talking like a f***ing foreign all the time?
So we get it. You know, every interview I've researched you on, you profess your love for America. You're still here. Clearly you still love it. Yeah. Okay, so can you shut the f*** up and be American for one minute instead of constantly complaining and talking like a f***ing foreign all the time?
I want you to eat this hot dog right now. Oh, boy. And then I want you to throw this football, and first of all, you have to call it a football. Okay, I can't do that. I call it an American football. Okay, American football. I'll call it an American football. And you've got to throw this to me. So you're going to eat that first, and you're going to throw this to me. Okay, like this?
I want you to eat this hot dog right now. Oh, boy. And then I want you to throw this football, and first of all, you have to call it a football. Okay, I can't do that. I call it an American football. Okay, American football. I'll call it an American football. And you've got to throw this to me. So you're going to eat that first, and you're going to throw this to me. Okay, like this?
Okay, all right. So eat this first.
Okay, all right. So eat this first.
This is Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
This is Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.
Ronnie, last night's spectacle,
Ronnie, last night's spectacle,