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Comedian Jim Gaffigan revealed in an interview why he’s mostly steering clear of politics<\/a> in his stand-up material these days.<\/p>\n

Gaffigan told Variety <\/a>that comedy fans don\u2019t attend stand-up shows to hear lectures \u2014 they go to escape the real world and simply laugh at silly jokes.<\/p>\n

When the interviewer mentioned the recent crossover between comedy and politics, Gaffigan responded, “People are coming to a show to have a break from some of this drama. That\u2019s not to say there aren\u2019t great comedians who talk about social commentary \u2014 the spirit of George Carlin is very important,” and recalled his political jokes following President Donald Trump<\/a>‘s first election victory in 2016 not landing how he’d imagined.<\/p>\n

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“I remember when Trump was first elected, and my opening act had some political jokes. During 2016 and 2017, the audience would kind of look at the ceiling. The jokes were well-constructed, and they weren\u2019t on one side or the other, but it was just too much,” he continued. “There are great comedians who participate in that conversation, but people are already getting 24-hour news, and everything is clipped and [proliferated] everywhere. Not only is the material not evergreen \u2014 it\u2019s so topical that it lasts half a day. People are looking for a break from that.”<\/p>\n

The comedian added that audiences aren\u2019t ignoring serious issues \u2014 they just want a brief escape. “At least I can go see Jim Gaffigan and hear him complain about being a parent,” he said. “That\u2019s not to say people don\u2019t care about someone being tackled in the streets; it just means maybe they want a break from that.”<\/p>\n

Earlier in the interview, Gaffigan touched on the backlash he received after performing at the Al Smith Dinner \u2014 an annual white-tie fundraising event for Catholic charities, famous for its comedy-laced speeches \u2014 and not going after Trump with everything he had.<\/p>\n

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“My best friend from childhood was furious that I did the Al Smith Dinner. He said, \u2018I can\u2019t believe you didn\u2019t destroy Trump.\u2019 And I\u2019m like, \u2018I know it\u2019s not going to change anything.\u2019 And the task was to attack both sides \u2014 in a setting where you\u2019re surrounded by billionaires,” he recalled.<\/p>\n

The comedian also mentioned his impression of Gov. Tim Walz<\/a>, D-Minn., on “Saturday Night Live” (SNL) last year, and why he felt that was different from bringing up politics in a stand-up routine.<\/p>\n

“The Tim Walz thing, I was within the environment of “SNL,” and there\u2019s a cultural interpretation of every sketch. I intellectually know this: No one is going to listen to me,” he explained. “At the same time, I want to be able to look my children in the eyes and say I didn\u2019t allow some horrible thing to happen. I also feel comfortable that people know my views. But I don\u2019t know if me being an advocate helps \u2014 like with the Mamdani thing, that ended up being very divisive.”<\/p>\n

He added that when he saw fellow comedian Stavros Halkias publicly supporting Zohran Mamdani, he thought to himself, “‘I don\u2019t know if that\u2019s helping him.’ Maybe I\u2019m being naive.”<\/p>\n

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This isn\u2019t the first time in recent memory that Gaffigan has shared his thoughts on the intersection of politics and comedy \u2014 and why he chooses to stay out of it.<\/p>\n

Shortly after his SNL appearance impersonating Walz, Gaffigan discussed his negative feelings surrounding his previous anti-Trump social media posts in an interview<\/a> with The Daily Beast in January. He noted that he regretted that supporters of Trump took his 2020 criticisms of the president personally.<\/p>\n

“I regret that people think that I was criticizing people that support Trump. And that was never the intention. I regret\u2014 someone said like, now I can\u2019t follow you anymore and I kind of said \u2018F you\u2019 to them,” the comedian stated.<\/p>\n

Gaffigan attacked Trump in a series of tweets back in 2020, when X was still Twitter and Trump was running for re-election. In one, he wrote, “Look Trumpers I get it. As a kid I was a cubs fan and I know you stick by your team no matter what but he’s a traitor and a con man who doesn’t care about you. Deep down you know it. I’m sure you enjoy pissing people off but you know Trump is a liar and a criminal.”<\/p>\n

Four years later, Gaffigan told the outlet his regrets about how the posts were taken by some people, but insisted he doesn\u2019t regret posting them.<\/p>\n

“But it\u2019s weird because I think authenticity is really an important thing, not only as a comedian, but also with your children,” he said, adding, “For me, I don\u2019t regret it, but I also do acknowledge that there are true die-hard Trump fans<\/u><\/a> who probably enjoyed my comedy, but because they feel so passionately will never forgive me.”<\/p>\n

Fox News’ Gabriel Hays contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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