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Ben Shapiro Called Bill Burr ‘Woke’ After Comedian Lashed Out at CEOs as ‘Selfish, Greedy Pieces of S—.’ Burr Now Responds: ‘That Guy Is a Jerk-Off’

Ben Shapiro called Bill Burr "woke" for lashing out at CEOs as greedy and selfish. Burr now responds by calling Shaprio a jerk-off.

The conservative political commentator and Daily Wire co-founder called out Burr in December for “going woke” after the comedian lashed out at “selfish” and “greedy” CEOs in the wake of the murder of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson. While Burr did not support Thompson’s killing, he observed on an episode of his “Monday Morning Podcast” in December that news organizations were not taking note of “the incredible lack of empathy from the general public about this because of how these insurance companies treat people when they at their most vulnerable, after we’ve all given them our money every fucking month, and now we finally need you and all you do is deny us.” Burr spoke to The New York Times ahead of his Broadway debut in “Glengarry Glen Ross,” in which he’s starring in opposite Bob Odenkirk and Kieran Culkin.

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