The Project’s Waleed Aly is mocked for ‘trying too hard to be white’ and branded ‘unfunny’ by Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef
Waleed Aly was brutally mocked live for being “too white to be funny” on Tuesday’s episode of The Project.
The 45-year-old Logie winner and Channel 10 panel show host was teased during a segment with Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef.
Aly’s cringe moment came after co-host Sam Taunton asked Youssef, 49, if it was true that Egyptians were among the funniest people in the world.
“Yes, maybe except Waleed, because he’s just too white, I’m sorry,” Youssef joked.
“He’s trying too hard to be white, I’m so sorry Waleed,” he added.
Waleed Aly was brutally mocked live for being “too white” to be funny on Tuesday’s episode of The Project. The 45-year-old Logie winner and Channel 10 panel show host was teased during a segment with Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef (pictured)
Aly’s cringe moment came after co-host Sam Taunton asked Youssef if it was true that Egyptians were some of the funniest people in the world. Aly (pictured), born in Australia to Egyptian parents, looked uncomfortable when Taunton introduced Youssef
Aly, born in Australia to Egyptian parents, looked uncomfortable when Taunton introduced Youssef, who is known for his satirical humor.
“Waleed here is Egyptian and he tells me that Egyptians are among the most famous funny people in the world, but Waleed is not the best case study,” Taunton said.
Youssef, a doctor, rose to fame when his video blogs mocking politics received hundreds of thousands of hits shortly after the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak.
Youssef, a doctor, rose to fame when his video blogs mocking politics received hundreds of thousands of hits shortly after the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime Egyptian leader Mubarak.
Pictured: Waleed Aly and wife Susan Carland in 2021
He modeled his early programs after Jon Stewart’s famous fake news panel series The Daily Show, where he appeared as a guest.
The joker will play a series of shows Down Under in November.
Last month Youssef appeared on Sky’s Piers Morgan Uncensored, where he made pointed comments about the Hamas-Israel conflict.
His appearances on that show have racked up 30 million views on YouTube to date.