Gary Owen is without doubt one of the newest comedians to weigh in on absolutely the shitstorm Katt Williams stirred up when he sat down on that sofa and had drinks with Shannon Sharpe on his YouTube present Membership Shay Shay.
Throughout an episode of his podcast Getsome with Gary Owen, the 49-year-old comic appeared to cosign the photographs Katt fired over the alleged shadiness of Steve Harvey and Rickey Smiley. After all, Owen didn’t accuse anybody of stealing his jokes or hating on him due to the function he acquired to play. As an alternative, Owen’s points with Harvey appeared to stem from paid price a rattling whereas collaborating with the Kings of Comedy star.
“I simply did ‘Hip Hop Squares,’ The present DeRay [Davis] used to host, and I filmed three episodes in at some point on ‘Hip Hop Squares’ and made 4 occasions the cash I made doing two weeks of ‘The Steve Harvey Present,’” Owens stated.
Owens went on to assert Harvey approached him about making more cash by making him a “sidekick” on his present and by partnering up with him for a “spin-off.”
Owen talked concerning the “unhealthy feeling” he acquired after assembly with one of many speak present’s producers, who thought that they had a greater concept of what comedy is than the comic.
“He’s taking pictures every part down. He goes, ‘No, no, we’ll deal with that. We’ll deal with the sketches,’” Owen stated, explaining that he wished extra inventive management over what he did on the present.
“You ain’t gon’ inform me that no matter you’re arising with is funnier than what I’m arising with,” he stated.
Owen additionally talked about that for the 2 weeks, he was on the present, throughout which period he was not concerned in any of the comedy sketches, he was paid the “SAG minimal,” which means, “Minimal wage is what I acquired paid.”
Owen later clarified that the problems he had on the present had been “not on Steve Harvey.”
“That is the powers that be behind the scenes,” he stated.
As for Smiley, Owen appeared to dispute claims later within the present that the “Frat Home” star was meant to play “Cash Mike” on Friday After Subsequent, a job that was famously performed by Williams.
You’ll be able to watch the complete phase of Getsome with Gary Owen beneath.
