The Kobe Bryant Scandal That Got Ari Shaffir in Hot Water 

Mike Tyson once wisely said "social media made y'all way to comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it"

Shaffir working that hat like Chef from Apocalypse Now

I find Ari a lot more charming when he's not drunkenly pissing in empty bottles during a podcast.

“Lakers fans are just not smart people”. Best comment ever…

Never heard of this guy before but free speach comes first.

Black culture is so rich and vibrant. 🎉😂

They do go after your loved ones. Look at pretty much ALL the people who were close to Trump.

People in la are weird , they worship nba players.

Love your work Mr Tucker

Such a silly thing to make death threats over.

He actually makes sense.

Good interview at least he didn’t piss in a bottle 🤣

I remember that... He didn't make jokes, he just ranted about how much he hates Kobe and he was celebrating his death.

check out more of Ari on Legion of Skanks. he and Dave Smith get real deep into politics

I can't see or hear Ari and not think "Tinderthy" 😂😂

Trever bauer had his life ruined for doing far less

I think the biggest joke is that people are NBA fans

I gave up all American sports long ago. I'm real.

You can't even have a 10 minute video without 7 ads

Internet anonymity makes people *Chihuahua Brave* ferocious from a distance but up close ... a light snack.

I need to say this: Ari Shaffir you are a breath of fresh air for comedy bro. I mean I love how you go against the things that society tries to impose to on us to accept as being the norm and being the status quo

You didn’t crumble LA

Has he ever made fun of a Dallas Cowboy?? Lol

Hey it’s Carl from caddy shack !

Mark Normand had the best follow up to that joke, which he would end with "Unlike Kobe, that joke landed"

Remember when he drugged Bert! It was hilarious cuz Bert could have died

Yea no one thought it was hilarious man

Been a fan of Ari's for years. It's cool to see him sit down with Tucker.

Now that I understand where Ari comes from with his comedy (I didn't know a lot about him at the time) I get the bit. Taking what he said as literal & serious showed how much people loved Kobe. And it also showed how much some people still believe he did that shit even though if you ask them, they know nothing about the case. ❤

It's ironic that Ari is commenting on the people threatening him "online" being dorks.... but his classless joke was a Tweet. Did he say to Kobe's face? Clearly Not..... did he say to Kobe's family/ their face? I don't recall seeing that video. Instead he said online with protection of keyboard. A bit ironic

Of all ppl Ari..on with Tucker? oh man this is great & what did he do ? LOL

SOCIAL MEDIA MADE PEOPLE WAAAAY TOOO COMFORTABLE

Theres a middle ground on comedy, anything can be funny, not everything is funny

I never understand why people become so upset over jokes. The same people probably get super aggressive over sporting events. Grow up.

I saw Ari perform in the bookworm in Beijing he fucking killed it.

Might be my favorite pair.

I thought it was much worse when he drugged Bert Kreischer, he could have killed Bert 😂

Stand your ground. Hollywood is gone 😊

The biggest problem was that it wasn’t funny . Edgy Ari, the same dude that drugs his “friends”

I’m from Chicago so Rodman is my hero not Kobe. Rodman was as real as it gets, knew how to live, competed and was a legitimately vulnerable man, have to respect a person with his courage. He knew basketball was a game and not something curing cancer.

I told Ari not to apologize for that joke @thestand nyc.Wonder if he remembers that 🤔😂

I enjoyed this guest.

I think it’s important to keep in mind that “a man whose an asshole when alive, is still pretty much an asshole when he does”.

Make sense now.

Holy cow, I’m in Greensboro! Anyway, please come to Greensboro so I can come watch you, love you Ari

Why won’t Ari repeat the joke

“Lakers fans aren’t smart people” Haha, as a Minnesotan ask them where the lakes are?

I call Kobe Therapist

I've never found Ari offensive, sometimes stupid but he never offended me. I will still watch him occasionally but my problem with Ari was when he dosed Bert K. I'm not a huge fan of Bert, Ari is definitely funnier but not knowing that slipping your buddy HARD drugs is bad is a bridge too far. It just left a bad taste in my mouth. He's too old to not know better.

As someone who didnt like Ari before this...i actually respect him now.

ari has NEVER been funny. he’s who katt williams was referring to 😂

online threat and a lion threat are very different... arm chair warriors are not scary... mom won't let them be scary...

Go Lakers!!! Kobe Forever! And Ari is hilarious 😂

Mr. Tucker

Protect our parks

Careful, Ari might drug you! lol

Hilarious, I’ve been in the bay area for 10 years and I hate the golden state warriors because they turn my restaurant into an absolute mad house during the playoffs. Worst days to work by far.

Jokes about the dead CAN be funny. What Ari said about Kobe was painfully UN-funny.

Ok...come to third Street in Greenville then it's going down..lol

Brilliant

I never understood the hate for the Kobe joke. It’s not like he was saying it about you father or someone your close with. It’s a basketball player who the people getting upset never had any relationship with. Sure you can say it’s in poor taste but that’s sorta the point.

Ari’s the man…for now.

because Mark is ❤❤

Milo? Tucker when are you gonna have milo on the show? Im assuming hes talking about milo yianopolous the guy who got cancled like alex Jones and nobody talks about it

Sarah Silverpuss made a joke about a African toddler having Kwashiorkor as being pregnant. I’ve hated her ever since

RIP Kobe & GIGI

Some people, like me, need comics to be a piece of garbage in the moment to distract us from tragedy. I used to read this online comic strip called "Warp 9 To Hell". Your typical edgy humor stuff of the early 2000s. When 9/11 happened, and we spent hours watching people die, either jumping or clinging to the buildings and waving, begging for their lives as we watched the collapse and saw them pummeled into dust. I came home from school (15 at the time) and I needed evil humor to distract me from watching 3,000 people die on repeat for 8 hours. I needed laughter like a drug addict. Sat down at the computer, licking my chops as I waited to log on and see the new Warp 9. They posted one cell of an American flag at half mast, a paragraph of gushing condolences below. I can't even convey my disappointment, but I understood why they did it. I needed to unload my emotions and they weren't equipped to help me. Oh, well, I guess. Deal with that yourself 😁

This girl I dated once had a Kobe jersey she was wearing when he passed. I told her he was a grapist she got all mad and said that girl is making that up. So I showed her some of the backstory and she took the jersey off and said “I’m not wearing that thing again. I didn’t know that stuff.”

A professional troll who's proud of it.

I love Kobe and Ari, but that joke was out of bounds. Especially because anyone who followed the Kobe's case knew he didnt r*pe. Ari should know cancelling is the worst thing to happen to comics or public figures or anyine with anything to lose. Go Legion of Skanks!

I'm only offended because the "joke" wasn't good. I don't care about the content of the joke, just make it good.

The question is whether it was joke. Ari for sure is pretending that it was one now…at the time it wasn’t so obvious.

….i mean…. He is one of the six 🤷‍♂️

how does this affect lebrons legacy

His amazing racist series is amazing.

So funny 😭😂

He ran and hid for a year. From a few knuckleheads.

I despise him

Damn Tucker, this is absolute garbage. I ‘m a Laker hater. You don’t feel like bias there. All, Ari does is play the victim. No one would show up to our show, because of first round NBA playoffs. That means you are not that funny. Tucker do you think your viewers care about B comedians? If this wasting of time keeps up you we lose me as a viewer.

Don't come to LA.

Why are you judging kobe when you definitely drugged people drinks you guys are fraternal twins far as im concerned

Kobe was a sicko

Ari said nothing wrong

The prerequisite of a joke being a joke is that it must be funny! Also, it wasn’t a joke, it was tweet. And did he rape that girl? Accused is not guilty!

Hey, there's this Jewish saying: 'There's a time and place for everything.' You know, roasting someone when the families and friends grieving? Totally not cool. Shows a lack in both intellect and empathy

"I made a city crumble" Holy ego. I also don't believe him that people were telling him it was hilarious. It wasn't even funny. It was just talking shit.

Ooooh he’s so edgy.

But kobe Bryant wasn't guilty...the accuser refused to testify in a court of law because there was no money involved in a court of law...Her story, which she did claim in civil court surprise surprise doesn't add up though he settled with her to save his career. And even if its just an opinion and I couldn't know how would Ari Shaffir know the truth of what happened anyway but he just went around calling him an R.....ist?

I stood by ari has i understood what he was making fun of because soo many talked about just kobe n i was like his daughter with her two teammates is the tragedy and they'd be like yeah them too n i was like no that's way bigger tragedy then a grown ass man who's had a life thats 100x better then the avg person. Dont get me wrong it was still sad but ya kinda had to hear ppl talk about it as it was only kobe this n Kobe that n poor vanessa lost her husband n i was like i bet she's more sad she lost her daughter then her husband. Stans are weird AF, they're oblivious to like anything that isnt thier idol.

Tucker, I usually love your content but will not be watching this. I find nothing intriguing about this person at all even while knowing nothing about him. Hope the next interview is better.

Would have liked to listen to this podcast. But language was way out of line. He needs to find a dictionary and learn a new vocabulary.

Well it was only a matter of time before even the great Tucker Carlson started to gas light and here we are.

Wild lol

Ok this was one of THE BEST interviews ever.

This is the problem with comedy 🤮🤢🤮

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="153">2:33</a> As Tom MacDonald says "Your death threats were ghost stories"

Hey. Don't forget to ask him about drugging. Burt

I love stand up but that one was a bit raw about Kobe....

Ari's kinda hot...

You made a joke about a guy that died in a helicopter w his daughter and others. You weren’t a very good standup to begin w and only have clout because of your friends.