Hasan Minhaj Quits Twitter ‘Hellscape’ Live on ‘Daily Show’

In his 2022 Netflix special The King’s Jester, comedian Hasan Minhaj confessed that the pursuit of social media clout had become a toxic presence in his life. Of course, that was before Elon Musk took over Twitter.

Now, as guest host of The Daily Show Wednesday night, the longtime Twitter critic decided to put his money where his mouth is and quit the platform for good during the live taping.

Minhaj began by arguing that despite what many Twitter users have been saying in recent weeks and months, “Elon didn’t make Twitter terrible, Twitter has been terrible for years. Because of us!” He called the platform “worse than Tinder, and Tinder gives you genital herpes.”

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