How Katt Williams Became the King of the Comedy Feud

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Standup comedian Katt Williams has never been one to pull punches, and on Wednesday’s episode of Shannon Sharpe’s Club Shay Shay, which already has upwards of 14 million views, the king of underground comedy spent two hours taking shots at many of the most prominent working comedians and actors in Hollywood, several of whom have already issued public responses to his relentless zingers.

Periodically sipping from a tumbler of brown liquor, Williams accused Cedric the Entertainer of stealing one of his set-closing jokes, claimed “real African” Michael Blackson was using “a fake African accent” and alleged that Steve Harvey had stolen the premise for his eponymous WB sitcom from Mark Curry, another comedian; and that was just the tip of the iceberg.

Williams roasted Harvey’s acting skills. “You couldn’t be a movie star,” the Emmy Award-winner said. “There are 30,000 new scripts in Hollywood every year. Not one of them asked for a country bumpkin Black dude that can’t talk good … and look like Mr. Potato Head. There ain’t none. You have to have range.”

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