Whitney Cummings is the latest comedian to defend performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival , which sparked widespread backlash in the comedy industry for its ties to the Saudi Arabia government. Speaking on her “Good for You” podcast, Cummings labeled the backlash against the comedians who attended the event as “racism” and made a larger claim that most comedians are already accepting money from Saudi Arabia simply by working with Live Nation for their stand-up tours.

“I guess I’m this weirdo,” Cummings said. “I don’t operate under, you know, the idea that every government and their people are the same… You think that the people of Saudi Arabia and the Saudi government all [share the same values]? So you also believe that the Chinese government and the Chinese people are exactly the

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