Katt Williams Addresses Aftermath Of His Viral ‘Club Shay Shay’ Interview
Katt Williams is addressing the aftermath of his look on Shannon Sharpe’s podcast Club Shay Shay.
After the January 2024 interview shattered information—changing into one in every of YouTube’s most-watched at an estimated 83 million views, Williams has not too long ago shared contemporary reflections on the intent, aftermath, and fallout of that almost three-hour session.
During a latest interview on 7PM in Brooklyn with Carmelo Anthony, Williams reaffirmed he by no means aimed to offend, however fairly to “deliver the truth,” not controversy. He described his position as “restoring order—not stirring drama,” particularly after overhearing repeated critiques circulating amongst comedians.
During a earlier interview with GQ, Williams additionally defined, “for all sports, you have to be good enough to get in the league. And we had a league – comedy – where that didn’t apply. We had a league where a person could walk across the street and say, ‘I’m a comedian!’ We all wanted to believe that it was about who was the funniest. And if it’s that, then there’s no problems. But when there are other factors, that’s when it gets hectic.”
“I was trying to make this safe place for Black actors and comedians, where the politics, and the hierarchy, and the casting couch didn’t apply,” he expressed. “My whole career I was trying to do good Black business that you could be proud of. And it was always stopped.”
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