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Owen Benjamin's Twitter Feud and Naked Sauna Videos
from Late For ElsaGate · #73
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4 minTim discusses comedian Owen Benjamin's rightward turn, his feud with Andy Richter, and a bizarre viral clip of him running naked in the snow, questioning the political drift of comics.
- 46:55Tim brings up Owen Benjamin's Twitter feud, noting he doesn't know much about him but met him once at Gotham.
- 47:23Owen Benjamin is a right-wing comic who's lost college gigs over his statements on gender ideology, though Tim sees nuance between having beliefs and arguing about them constantly on Twitter.
- 48:06Owen got into a feud with Andy Richter and moved to the woods to embrace hardcore right-wing ideology.
- 48:50Owen's stated rationale: he feels Western civilization is crumbling and needs to defend it on Twitter, which Tim finds questionable.
- 49:21Video shows Owen naked in his backyard during snow, claiming running in and out of his sauna boosts testosterone while calling Andy Richter a fat cunt.
- 49:48Tim questions the trajectory: Owen didn't wake up one day planning to be naked and yelling at Andy Richter, a person he doesn't even appear to know.
Owen BenjaminDave ChappelleAndy Richter