One factor could be very clear about individuals from St. Louis: They stick up for their very own as did Nelly and Cedric The Entertainer whereas discussing Katt Williams’ claims about Cedric stealing his joke.
Cedric admitted that he’s “not an web dude” however individuals corresponding to Nelly known as him about Williams’ scathing interview in January, the place he accused “The Unique Kings of Comedy” star of stealing one in all his greatest jokes about white individuals touring to area to get away from Black individuals for the 2000 comedy particular.
The accusation was publicly made by Williams throughout a 2021 episode of “The Morning Hustle.” Cedric denied it then, and Williams introduced it up once more throughout his “Membership Shay Shay” look.
Many supposedly known as Cedric concerning the interview saying, “What’s up with the lil dude?” stated Nelly throughout a latest sit-down for “The Store” podcast. Others requested, “When dude pull up what you wanna do?”
The 59-year-old stated it’s frequent to listen to related jokes in comedy “certain,” however Williams “was claiming cultural appropriation, for my part.”
“Driving an previous automobile, rolling up the home windows, that’s ’70s. If I ask anyone the way you drive your automobile and that’s that,” Cedric defined. “You possibly can’t say my joke a few spaceship is your joke about driving a automobile ’trigger we doing the identical gestures. That’s my opinion about it.”
Podcast co-host Maverick Carter backed up Ced’s factors, including that individuals had been doing that very same gesture within the ’60s. Nelly then provides, “The hypocrisy about it’s he stole JB Easy’s joke.”
In protection of the accusations towards Cedric, one other comic blasted Williams for doing the precise factor he accused Cedric of: stealing a joke from one other comic. “Black Jesus” star Corey Holcomb alleged that Williams stole the joke from standup comedian and “Spider-Man: No Manner Residence” star J.B. Smoove.
Smoove carried out the joke that anyone might stroll out to or do something to a selected observe enjoying earlier than saying, “That’s my s—t” after the music stopped and utilizing the music as a part of his routine in “Def Comedy Jam” in 1996. Williams had a DJ play Rick Ross’ single “Hustlin’” for the viewers throughout 2007’s “Katt Williams: American Hustle.”
“I dare anyone to say this ain’t true ’trigger I can get a thousand comics to again me up,” stated Holcomb on the time. “I root for Katt, I root for Katt, however that joke the place he do like, ‘Man, if you happen to take heed to this music, you are able to do something off this music. That’s J.B. Smoove joke, homie.”
Corey Holcomb says Katt Williams stole a well-known joke from JB Smoove pic.twitter.com/M2cpGs5fKv
— Peddy Tendergrass (@mybad5141) January 5, 2024
Equally to Holcomb, Cedric stated he has no points with the “Pimpin, Pimpin’” star however he questioned why he by no means approached him personally about stealing the joke.
“I feel he’s dope and never for the bull—t he did. However I’m speaking about as a comic. And so I’m like I’ve been round this dude many occasions, which was my complete level. It’s like we’ve by no means had a private dialog about that,” he said. “As a result of if we rock with one another and I see you and also you, like, that you just really feel that approach, then say that to me, don’t do this later.”
Katt Williams accused Cedric The Entertainer of stealing his closing joke
“1998, I’m doing this joke, it’s on Comedian View … 2 years later, he’s doing that as his final joke … and he’s doing it verbatim, he’s simply turned my automobile right into a spaceship.” pic.twitter.com/8lj95eOHN2
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) January 3, 2024
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The “Johnson Household Trip” actor went on stating that he’s above drama as a result of “I don’t get up nervous about that, canine. I’ve been doing this. I’m me.”
