Comedian Theo Von admitted that the hate he received for being in a Department of Homeland Security video was “scary” and caused him to be “paranoid.”

Von, whose real name is Theodor Capitani von Kurnatowski, discussed the video aftermath on his podcast This Past Weekend, which aired Wednesday. He explained to fellow comedian Andrew Santino that DHS posted the video on X around the time he was preparing to film his stand-up special for Netflix.

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“The government put out this DHS video that made me really scared,” Von said.

“The immigration video? Talk about pulling that o

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