This linked-to article, here, will give you some sense of why nobody wants "to stand up to" this guy, no matter how despicable he may be, no matter how many enemies his defamation campaigns (and his "career" of petty conniving against comedians) may earn him: although his comedy constantly addresses the fact that he's an object of pity, he doesn't realize that this same pity conceals the extent to which he's despised. Or, at least, it allows him to deceive himself: he is, in fact, a rare example of someone far more hated than I. And for worse reasons, of course.
I was not exaggerating when I said that people warned me about him on the very first day that I arrived in this city, and I am not exaggerating when I say that other comedians told me that Josh had made their lives miserable, however, they are all willing to suffer in silence while this guy plays his self-appointed role as the king of comedy. And, again, we all know why: pity, a slow poison endured by both the poisoner and the poisoned.
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Dude, you should hear Melissa's side of the story.
Chris gets on stage and says terrible things about his ex-wife.
You never hear his ex-wife's perspective.
Chris isn't banned from the club.
Luke makes jokes about his ex-girlfriend.
You never hear his ex-girlfriend's perspective.
Luke isn't banned from the club.
You've banned me from these two clubs because of a story you made up in your own head, and it just isn't true.
Melissa doesn't blame me: Melissa doesn't think I did anything wrong. And she uploaded both YouTube videos in which she's speaking alone,
and also YouTube videos in which she's talking to me, AFTER the breakup.
I don't think Chris or Luke (or Mav) are gonna do a podcast with their ex-girlfriends the way I did, bro.
E.M.
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[I am omitting his reply, out of some strange sense of chivalry.]
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Okay, cool:
problem solved.
If that's your story, there's clearly no reason for any hostility or conflict between us.
See you tonight at the club.
E.M.
