Hari Kondabolu- Matthew McConaughey on Gay Rights

Hari Kondabolu discusses a Matthew McConaughey interview in The Advocate where he talks about gay rights and tolerance. Filmed at The Neptune in Seattle on March 29, 2014. www.harikondabolu, / harikondabolu

[@lees2404]

This is literally what pretty much every interview in a gay publication with a straight celebrity is like. It's so cringe-worthy

[@jomoody798]

my first exposure to gaydiation was at 7 when I listened to the Bohemian Rhapsody. I throwed out rainbows

[@alexl.swartzentruber8294]

"austin bongo philosophy" awesome wording

[@jonahkerr5966]

As an Austinian I can confirm these words.

[@julicoole]

try Googling Austin Bongo, see what comes up you'll be amazed.

[@sirving1297]

I thought he was saying a name, Austin Bongo, and I just didn't get the reference. Didnt understand til I saw your comment.

[@ChrisSamuel1729]

Matthew McConaughey wrote in his memoir "Greenlights" that he was naked, high and playing the bongos in Austin in 1999 before being arrested by the Austin police. What led him to do this was his then philosophy of life, his "Austin Bongo philosophy".

[@ray25lee]

Ah man, I lost it at the Mice and Men sentence.

[@AgrathaDinakaran]

Brb still laughing at "Gaydiation".

[@Ahiru77]

Matthew obviously means well in this interview. x)

[@nigelnyoni8265]

But unwittingly comes off unintelligent. The entire concept of tolerance is the idea that there will be ideas that we don't agree with and therefore cannot accept, and yet we must agree that we will not hate the people who hold those ideas. It is foolish to even think to ask people to accept things they don't believe in.

[@zombieedrea]

I know soooooooo many people who say things like this. And they mean well, they really do. They just...don't exactly get it, and they tend to end up sounding REALLY ignorant and just plain dumb. Also, "when were you first exposed to the gay community" wtf why would a magazine GEARED TOWARDS THE LGBT COMMUNITY phrase it like that? Who conducted that freaking interview.

[@avedic]

Indeed. I think _most_ people are moral & well-meaning...but most people don't actually think through their ethical stance on things, so they inevitably end up saying or doing or believing some pretty absurd things, albeit unintentionally. Btw....you're _very_ pretty. I seriously never just say that to girls I don't know...I don't mean to weird you out; but you're just too _gorgeous_. So my type...sexy, smart, & aware. :)

[@zombieedrea]

avedic WOW. um, thank you. that's very sweet of you! :) don't worry, you're not weirding me out, just caught me off guard a little. lol

[@Nuisance_Bear]

avedic or in the case of guys like me, Who are self-aware enough to know that they're going to say the wrong thing, but also not aware enough to know what the right thing is to say, we tend to just shut up and go home. XD

[@austenhead5303]

@@avedic Maybe you didn't weird her out, or she's too polite to say if you did, but I'm gonna say it: that was a bit much, dude. Since we're on the subject of being woke and all, it's not cool to tell random women you don't know how gorgeous and "your type" they are. A subject is being discussed - don't interrupt it to objectify and/or sexualize the speaker. And yeah, I know you didn't mean anything bad - that's why I'm even bothering to say this, you might actually think about it.

[@austenhead5303]

About "exposed to" it doesn't really have the negative connotations that Hari seems to think it does. People talk about their first exposure to art, to Bob Dylan, to fine french cuisine, to manga... it just means when did you first experience something/become acquainted with it. And it makes sense to phrase it that way for the time that Matthew McC. was growing up in, because only two or three decades ago, gay was still something rare and mysterious that maybe existed somewhere else. You certainly didn't KNOW any gay people yourself. Even Elton John married a woman in the 80s. Freddy Mercury played straight. Things were very different, and we really did need to "discover" gay people through exposure. We didn't just grow up with them being a regular, unremarkable part of life. They were hidden and mysterious. And I'm only 41, but I remember this world. So "exposure" is right. I think it's important, in order to be taken seriously by a majority of people and not just "the choir", to not be OVERsensitive, and unfortunately, I think that Hari is. There was nothing wrong with that question.

[@MaxKingsbury]

This was a great show. Keep it up, Hari!

[@MichaelBreeden]

Really enjoyed you on @midnight tonight and glad I came across this. Hilarious.

[@phily8093]

Very funny! Great comedian and story teller. I saw you on a Russel Howard clip, and now I'm a fan.

[@billizeneli912]

Hes responsible for the simpsons stopping...

[@firebadwatergood431]

@@billizeneli912 seriously???

[@WHOOPtheresheIs]

We kinda need this. I'm crying with laughter. Yeah people don't nearly tear into white male faves enough. Even when they fuck up on an epic scale. This was moderate to slightly awkward fucking up. Thank you, Hari.

[@averycecilleven5890]

Thank you for bringing me here Gerard

[@sabrinaislam28]

Hari, you are so funny! I wish I could be this witty. This bit was so much fun to watch. :) I'm linking it to a bunch of my friends right now haha.

[@Shinyflubba]

This was a brilliant show!

[@kenbone7606]

I was exposed to gaydiation

[@motivationforbreakfast]

Love this! It's the perfect example of "Don't believe everything you read."

[@Tadzio5050]

Another completely brilliant piece.

[@GDs-sc8dj]

excellent again Hari!

[@moonlily1]

Matthew McConaughey's anti-bullying program sounds like the sports equivalent of a pig party or 'Dinner For Schmucks'. Does he really think that 'the fat girl' who gets recruited for this 'bring your own DUFF' gathering is going to be PLEASED by this invite?

[@nalinisequeira2503]

Only three people got the “definite article” joke.

[@bunderify]

this is gold

[@nitupsar]

THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST STANDUP I HAVE EVER SEEN!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Onedirectionnn4ever]

Gerard Way brought me here

[@100frogbucket]

Ditto

[@huicebox]

Did he mention him? I love me both so it's be double awesome if he did.

[@Onedirectionnn4ever]

***** yea

[@jarchgoddess3252]

Surprisingly funny!

[@hughmcaloon6506]

love the whole riff, but especially the Steinbeck reference!

[@DavidIsOdd]

Great video!

[@wrightvcx2249]

this one was really good....

[@tabianamoto]

OMG that was SO good!

[@rachelarruda1475]

When he said alright alright I screamed

[@rennywilder9062]

That was great!

[@SuperYuuki3]

THE STEINBECK JOKE

[@nsn5564]

Just so brilliant!

[@gabe_s_videos]

Remember: just because you should doesn't mean you can.

[@nsn5564]

superb...criminally under-recced

[@arianabcarter]

Fantastic! So hilarious.

[@JaeEnceeti]

Lmao awesome as always!

[@firebadwatergood431]

That was the best bit I've heard in a very long time...wayyyy toooo funny real.

[@EtheonSnow]

Yo, came here from tumblr, and THIS IS SO GOOD. A++++ Also, you should also check out Jake Johnson's interview in the advocate. Do they just ask the exact same terrible stock questions? It was bloody terrible.

[@tigerfox10]

a for effort matthew, thanks for trying.

[@PaulSutherlandnow]

Tell 'em hari. (so hard to not say Give them hell, but as you give heaven, I can't)

[@celestialnubian]

I wonder if Hari ever looks at the new buff Kumail Nanjiani and think of what could've been.

[@GothMusicLatinAmerica]

Yessss at the Steinbeck joke

[@gcat6027]

Just saw this! Hari is brilliant! "Gaydation!" HA! Brilliant. Thank you for your hilarious satirical comedy.

[@MiyukiShiroitori]

this bit lives in my mind.

[@DaroVHS]

If a conservative comedian were laughing at you in a show where you were not present, You'd be makeing a documentary accousin racism

[@padmasalam5267]

Naturally funny!!!!!

[@edheffernan8289]

Come to Monterey and the roof will shake from the laughter. For your Steinbeck joke

[@gmart225]

GOLD

[@hermit7903]

This was good.

[@ekdaufin1485]

Yay

[@MarkArandjus]

Ayay ay AY! Be nice to Matthew Mcconaughey, he left his family on a farm and flew into a black hole for us you *ingrates!*

[@ShadowGin3]

Is that Conan O'Brien at the end? lol

[@dudeiiitian]

Gold

[@GothMusicLatinAmerica]

I expose people to gaydiation all the time.

[@deejin25]

This is why so many of us kinda stopped talking to a lot of millennial, gen z people. Even our support and alliance is torn apart, critiqued and made to apear shameful cringe worthy etc etc. we're not allowed to support partially, we're not allowed to be tolerant, we're not anything unless we totally submit to everything they want.

[@elinorh]

Lolllllllllll ok

[@MsDjessa]

Gaydiation! LOL :'D

[@RishiNigamMusic]

hahahaha awesome!

[@oy59]

I can't believe this is real

[@bobcactaur3944]

I didn't know Matthew McConaughey was so based.

[@TheInnerSanctuary]

I'm using Gaydiation k thanks

[@Gigika313]

Noiceeee 👍🏼

[@Dipstikk]

Sounds like the average ally to me.

[@kinky2002]

he is a brilliant comedian

[@soygee]

im peeing my pants. .dang ggg

[@christymcdougall6135]

You really missed a McConauGay joke opportunity here 😄

[@po3alily]

dang matthew is 50

[@Sinjinator]

It's so dark...

[@CustosANgel]

Says the comedian

[@llfhagen]

This is hilarious!

[@kickhuggy]

I don't get why you had to tear his interview apart. And it was kind of self contradictory, since his answers were so bad it didn't really seem like someone else wrote it for him... Unless they did and he just chose someone as dumb as him. I mean even though he isn't pronouncing his views in the most proper way, his intentions are clearly a lot more progressive than any southerner I've met. And it's probably a lot harder for him to see from another's point if view. I mean referring to someone as, "the gay guy, the fat chick..." May be the worst way to refer to someone, but he's trying to appeal to the common stereotype, which makes it easier than, "the nerd kid, not the one who is athletic, but the one that gets picked on because he likes video games" or whatever. My general feeling is that you can't fault him for being dumb.. Although you could probably fault his manager for not prepping him better. Before you reply with the classic, it's a joke dood. I just want to say, when you're mocking a guy in public, it's a little more than just a joke. Congrats on being on letterman, good show and message on being intolerant!

[@KimmimaruSai]

He's just showing that his "progressive view" isn't really progressive. It's him trying to sound progressive and failing miserably.

[@kickhuggy]

Of all the things he could choose to support, why this? He's already rich and famous and has everything he needs... so what is the benefit he gets from pretending to support this? I imagine if this was something he was doing just to improve his image, he would have most likely gotten someone to write him a speech and he would have just spit that back out verbatim... he has that money, not only that, but he has people making that decision for him.... I've actually met people like him in real life, people that were raised in a fairly well off home and have no idea about anything outside of America or wealth... that have opinions on how black people/Mexicans should respond to poverty/immigration laws. Some of them are actually willing to listen and "realise the error of their ways." I wouldn't say they are bad/evil, just misinformed I guess. Idk.

[@WHOOPtheresheIs]

Yo Spider, you don't get a free pass for "not being a TOTALLY bigoted straight white dude". Do better.

[@kickhuggy]

KimmimaruSai Ah yes, as shown by your inability to read a short message, you've shown me you are the truly open-minded one and I'm the ignorant one. The moral of the comment wasn't well summarised by WHOOPtheresheIs because Hari did summarise everything Matthew M. is doing to help... tell me what the last thing you guys did in an attempt to help others? What's that? You protested this one time at that one thing because you had nothing better to do? It's easy to criticise the driver from the passenger seat, innit? Also, my comments are not based around fandom of a celebrity, it's just not hard to see that he's well received by the general population and wouldn't need a gimmick.

[@pilsung26]

Here's me replying with "It's just a joke dude.", while agreeing 100%, LIKING your comment, and posting an unnecessary defense of Hari. I came away from this thinking McConaughey's a dude who expressed kind intentions in a ham-fisted way. I suspect Hari is comfortable riffing on McConaughey; because he knows his target audience (aka folks like you).

[@poonamabbi7448]

I cannot help notice the difference between him & russel peters... peters is so malicious....

[@reginaldperiwinkle]

This is the direction of comedy I guess: lecturing someone for not being sufficiently politically correct.

[@moihawk666]

I love his comedy.... and i love his intellectual view on the world. butttt ummmmmmmmm the more i watch the less i see real jokes and just shit talk on American society.... i mean i hate it too but its low hanging fruit while you stand up for your blah blah blah blah

[@spenser9908]

Is this the guy who cried about Apu?

[@roriscross2632]

Not only de that. He is the guy kickoff apu from the simpson

[@batatapatatapotatoe]

Oh, c'mon, the man is cool, he might be a bit rustic or anacronistic in some areas, being 50... but some jokes make him look like a jerk and, i don't know, he seems to be an easy going guy. Still, good jokes, good puns, good observations and nice delivery rhytm. Great set

[@gcat6027]

OOPS! Should have read "Gaydiation"

[@nigelnyoni8265]

"I'm sick of people talking about tolerance, we should be at acceptance and love". Only a fool would say this.

[@StephenBekker]

Dude you are awesome. So funny. I'm bi, you should rip into us bi people, even gay people hate us, mostly.

[@FlaminTubbyToast]

IKR

[@jimbojim68]

This comedian is very funny in a Joan Rivers/Kathy Griffin mean pokes on celebrities kind of way. Not the highest form of comedy and, I believe in this case, not on point. As a gay man, I found nothing Matthew McConaughey said to be ignorant or particularly awkward in that interview. Certainly, nothing he said was bigoted. Having seen his interviews before, I don't think he was repeating PR lines, he really speaks like that. Funny, but didn't change my opinion on the actor.

[@Shinyflubba]

Take the shuttle to gayfreakville lol

[@BabsBrooklynPilates]

I think Hari Kondabolu is a comic genius.

[@ErichoTTA]

Make a documentary about that, and not Apu.

[@ThisHandleIsInteresting]

McConaughey was obviously making small talk with a terrible interviewer.

[@yutubchannel5946]

When youre cool with cracking gay jokes but get triggered with Indian jokes on a TV show ..

[@vp4744]

fyi, Matthew Mcconaughey is not gay.

[@_Somsnosa_]

Nah.

[@nsn5564]

Actually, none of those jokes were "gay" jokes. I'm pretty sure all of those jokes were pretty straight.

[@satori3000]

This is absolutely funny... but also not so fair to MM.

[@jonahkerr5966]

Totally fair. Guy's a jackass.

[@nsn5564]

And MM came to give an interview to the Advocate because? ... Yeah.

[@vaishnavnegi9640]

The gaydiation is getting higher and higher....my gayeger counter tells me.

[@mgoodmanjoe]

eh. But this is the best stuff from him.

[@FEVERDREAM1983]

As a parent I never understood how anyone could hate their child. Then I watched this guy do what he calls stand up comedy and I totally get it now. Man the only word close enough to describing this is insufferable and even that falls short. I bet this guy was left in the store as a child more than once. I hope you weren't an only child so that your parents could have some kind patently pride.

[@jeremyreiff6562]

Humorless comedian, he is now and will forever be known as the man who killed APU

[@trickiegirl]

comparing Matthew McConaughey to an intellectually disabled man who inadvertantly harmed or killed those he attempted to help and who was ultimately murdered to "spare" him from the legal ramidications of his actions is not funny, it just perpetuates the disability as scary stereotype or suggests that the actions of disabled people are rightfully mockable. Not so much a Steinbeck joke as showing the enduring quality of ignorance.

[@nsn5564]

You are a very literal person, aren't you? I'd recommend you stay away from humor.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

A New York hispter wouldn't understand that tattoos and piercings aren't attractive to everyone.

[@delasoul2875]

How is this comedy?

[@The_Eminence]

you are as funny as a toad.....you are not Jerry Seinfeld or George Carlin or Russell Peters......

[@sirving1297]

So he can do an impression of a white guy's voice as a joke, but Hank Azaria can't imitate an Indian guys voice as a joke or he will make a movie denouncing him? Seems just a little hypocritical to the casual observer.

[@cavortionist]

Wow, so many stereotypes. Pretty lame, at the expense of gay people. This is not funny, but Hari must be pretty desperate.

[@jonahkerr5966]

What about this was homophobic?

[@badbillybrookes]

Didn't find it all that funny. This guy won't go anywhere fast.

[@_Somsnosa_]

I don't think you are his target audience Jim Bob haha

[@badbillybrookes]

@@_Somsnosa_ Thank God.

[@nsn5564]

Aren't you missing a MAGA rally?

[@badbillybrookes]

@@nsn5564 All lynched out Taday.

[@crcoghill]

this isn't funny.

[@Pudlis16]

how are people laughing at this garbage

[@nsn5564]

I had no idea many years ago that America was this full of Neanderthals but Trump has shown me otherwise...apparently America *is* full of idiot homophobic racists

[@Ykpaina988]

aww isnt that cute hes trying

[@SamSmith99843]

The lazy comedy of regurgitating someone else's words and riffing weakly on them, in a vaguely liberal, condescending way. Welcome to the sterile 'comedy' of the future.

[@nsn5564]

The lazy criticism by an empty conservative who supports racism, homophobia, misogyny, anti-science, anti-environment, anti-reason, anti-compassion, anti-immigrant, anti-poor, anti-human values trying so desparately to sound intelligent and superior