Matt Rife just responded to recent controversy over his Netflix special, 'Natural Selection', and it has a lot of people up in arms on social media.
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00:00 Matt Rife just responded to recent controversy over his Netflix special, and it has a lot
00:05 of people up in arms on social media.
00:08 Matt Rife is an American stand-up comedian that rose to fame through TikTok, garnering
00:12 millions of likes and over 18 million followers on the app.
00:16 The comedian recently came under fire for a few comments he made in a promo with Men's
00:20 Health magazine, and now there's controversy surrounding his Netflix comedy special, Natural
00:25 Selection.
00:26 Social media users called out Rife for making plenty of misogynistic jokes, even though
00:31 his career was largely built by women fans.
00:34 When it comes to how Rife himself feels about the controversy, he took to his Instagram
00:38 story to write, "If you've ever been offended by a joke I've told, here's a link to my
00:42 official apology.
00:44 The link leads to a website selling helmets for people with special needs."
00:48 Social media users are slamming the star for his special and his lack of an apology, but
00:52 But some are defending him, saying it's comedy and comedians shouldn't have to apologize.