A bunch of comedians took the blood money and scooted off to the Riyadh Comedy Festival.

[Swede]

Lot of big names. Bill Burr, Pete Davidson (whose dad died on Sept 11), and on and on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riyadh_Comedy_Festival

[Wiz Imp]

1. Kudos to Mike Birbiglia, Shane Gillis, Stavros Halkias, Leslie Liao, and Atsuko Okatsuka

who were invited to perform, but declined and spoke out against the event.

Shame on these people who are participating:
Aziz Ansari
Hannibal Buress
Bill Burr
Jimmy Carr
Dave Chappelle
Louis C.K.
Whitney Cummings
Pete Davidson
Chris Distefano
Omid Djalili
Zarna Garg
Kevin Hart
Gabriel Iglesias
Jim Jefferies
Jimeoin
Maz Jobrani
Jessica Kirson
Jo Koy
Bobby Lee
Sebastian Maniscalco
Sam Morril
Mark Normand
Nimesh Patel
Russell Peters
Jeff Ross
Andrew Santino
Andrew Schulz
Tom Segura
Chris Tucker
Jack Whitehall
Ali Siddiq
Ben Hart
Aries Spears
Mo Amer
Wayne Brady

Jim Jefferies defended his involvement, arguing that Saudi Arabia's human rights record was comparable to that of the United States

In 2025, under Trump, the US record on Human Rights is awful - so the statement is probably true, but not a positive reflection on Saudi Arabia.
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3. I'm shocked at Pete.

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2. Fugelsang was en fuego about this

in his Friday night rant.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

4. Yep

[sop]

5. The Saudis will be a tough crowd.

Hecklers will be yelling "Off with his head!" when the jokes bomb.

[UTUSN]

6. Very disappointed in Bobby LEE, SANTINO, BURR, and IGLESIAS.

[xmas74]

7. Marc Maron has talked about it

He's disgusted by it all.

[2naSalit]

8. The only one that...

I'm disappointed about is Wayne Brady. The rest, meh, as far as my interest in them. That they are performing at this event really bothers me.

They should know better.