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Michelle Wolf, Death Threats, and Comedy Twitter Vitriol
from The Coming Collapse · #103
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2 minTim and Ray discuss Michelle Wolf tweeting support for his special and the wave of trolling and death threats that followed, including a story about someone threatening her life at the Cellar over a joke.
- 1:15SNL sketches would be funny if they were written by Susan Greenberg and performed by Tim Dylan.
- 1:49Michelle Wolf tweeted out a recommendation to watch Tim Dylan's special on Netflix.
- 2:00The tweet generated a flood of vitriol, with people telling Michelle Wolf she should have two holes in her head and posting her mother's picture from Facebook.
- 2:17Tim received death threats in response to Michelle Wolf's endorsement.
- 2:41Only one person insulted Tim directly, calling him a fat mess, which he says felt kind of nice to be included.
- 2:52All the other tweets were directed solely at Michelle Wolf, not at Tim.
Michelle WolfSusan Greenberg