Old School. Biblically Independent.
By Dustin Rowles | Celebrity | October 29, 2025
On his podcast this week, Bill Burr doesn’t say their names, but it’s clear who he’s talking about—those who criticized him for performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival earlier this month.
After ironically ranting about billionaires who can’t be content with their wealth, Burr grumbled, “I’m still thinking about that bullsh** from a few weeks ago. That was a bunch of $%@$@. That was one of the hardest things ever—to keep my mouth shut and not trash every one of those *****.”
The “thing from a few weeks ago” was clearly the Riyadh Comedy Festival and the backlash from Marc Maron and David Cross over his appearance there.
“Oh, am I looking forward to running into a few people,” he continued. “Hey, what’s the latest? What’s the latest on you caring about … it’s weird, all of a sudden you don’t care anymore?” he said, presumably referring to how the outrage has since faded. “What happened? You were flapping your *****ing, waving your arms up and down. What happened?”
“What’s your cause this month? To help sell whatever project you’re on? You … let’s talk some bread that I can’t eat and a circus I don’t go to because of the $Q%$Wing way they treat the animals—and I have a special coming out,” he said sarcastically, likely alluding to how Maron’s criticism coincided with the release of his latest special (and his podcast farewell).
“I’m going to find the right thing to get sanctimonious about to mock all of them,” Burr added. “Yeah, everything must have cleared up, because there’s no more chatter. Must have fixed everything. Oh, it’s going to be passive, and it’s going to be aggressive,” he said, referring to his own plans to respond.
“So, if you ever get sick of Hollywood bulls*** and people trying to cancel your stand-up act … that was the funniest thing, too—Trumpers acting like they give a **** about human rights.”
He’s not wrong about that last point, at least.
