The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) has called off comedian Andrew Schulz’s planned stand-up performance shortly after he published a podcast interview featuring former President Donald Trump, as Schulz disclosed on his podcast on Wednesday.
According to Schulz, he had secured the venue to perform and film his forthcoming comedy special more than a month before the cancellation. However, he noted on his podcast “Flagrant” that the venue decided to cancel less than a week before ticket sales were scheduled to begin, and did so without providing a specific explanation.
“After some internal discussion with leadership, it was decided that BAM is not the right fit for this show at this time,” the screenshot of an email Schulz shared on his podcast read.
Schulz stated that the email was received approximately three hours following the release of a nearly 90-minute interview with Trump on his podcast. Since its release on October 9, the interview has attracted more than 4.5 million views on YouTube.
“Now I don’t know if it was the Trump interview,” Schulz said, “but the day before it came out, we were ready to go and we were going on sale this week.”
A producer of the podcast expressed the opinion that the cancellation could not have been attributed to the content of Schulz’s comedy, as he had reviewed the material for the upcoming show with the venue’s leadership, who seemed to be very enthusiastic about it.
“This felt personal,” the producer added.
“Again, I can’t say for sure that this is what it is, but before it came out it was fine,” Schulz said.
Schulz was scheduled to record his special in November and noted that most venues necessitate reservations several months ahead of time.
“F*ck them and f*ck them forever,” he also said.
Schulz disclosed that he extended an invitation to Vice President Kamala Harris to participate in the show; however, he remarked that her team did not exhibit much enthusiasm.
