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Comedian Gives Streaming Giant Ultimatum Over Muslim Joke, Says Company Caved

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24.03.2026

Comedian Gives Streaming Giant Ultimatum Over Muslim Joke, Says Company Caved

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Comedian Mark Normand says he made a streaming giant squirm. 

The comedian recounted Monday a call that he had with a streaming service about two weeks prior, in which the company pressed him on a joke about Muslims in his special. Normand says he agreed to take the joke off social media — but only if the company agreed that Muslims were a “dangerous people.” 

“Hulu sent me, about a week ago, two weeks ago, they said, ‘Send us a couple jokes you like, we’ll chop them up, then use them as promo on social media,'” said Normand. 

The clip is dubbed over so that the audio says “Hulu,” but Normand visibly mouths “Netflix” in the podcast clip. Normand has not publicly announced he’s working with Hulu on a comedy special. His new comedy special, “None Too Pleased,” was released March 17 on Netflix.

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