NYC venue cancels planned special for comedian Andrew Schulz just hours after popular interview with Trump
Comedian and podcast host Andrew Schulz interviewed former President Donald Trump on his show last week, and the lengthy discussion with the Republican nominee was a huge viral hit.
Now one week later, Schulz revealed on his program that a venue that was supposed to host his upcoming stand-up comedy special canceled the planned engagement just hours after the Trump interview aired, the Daily Caller reported.
The comedian acknowledged that he couldn't say with certainty that the cancelation was directly linked to the Trump interview, but also noted that the circumstances of the situation clearly suggested there was some connection there.
Special canceled after Trump interview
On Oct. 9, Schulz's "Flagrant" podcast posted the hour-and-a-half-long interview with former President Trump that almost immediately went viral and has since its release racked up more than 4.7 million views.
On this week's show, Schulz and his co-hosts broadly discussed various aspects of the "aftermath" of the Trump interview, which led to the revelation that the comedian's upcoming comedy special had been canceled by the venue just a few hours after the Trump interview was posted.
The special, which was scheduled several months ago for the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York City, was reportedly still on track to take place in November when Schulz checked on things just one day before his viral interview with the former president.
"Now, I don’t know if it was the Trump interview," Schulz admitted, "but the day before it came out, we were ready to go and we were going on sale this week."
"This felt personal"
Schulz went on to post a screenshot of the email sent to his promoter and producer, which stated in part, "After some internal discussion with leadership, it was decided that BAM is not the right fit for this show at this time."
He and his co-hosts joked that if the venue had waited a couple of days for the "liberal spin" that came out in response to the Trump interview, they could have billed him as a liberal "hero" who "laughed in the face" of the former Republican president.
However, Schulz said of the venue, "F--k them and f--k them forever."
The podcast's producer then interjected to note that he'd previously pitched the venue on what the special would be about and that they'd loved the idea. He told Schulz, "This felt personal," to which the host reiterated, "Again, I can’t say for sure that this is what it is, but before it came out it was fine."
Podcast invited Harris for interview but her team was "not really enthusiastic"
On an interesting side note as that segment concluded, one of the co-hosts suggested that Schulz should just interview Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, so that perhaps the venue would restore the canceled special.
"We'd love to have Kamala on," Schulz replied. "We reached out to her team and, uh, they are not really enthusiastic about it."