Waleed Aly was brutally mocked live on air for being ‘too white to be funny’ on Tuesday’s episode of The Project.
The 45-year-old Logie winner and host of the Channel 10 panel show was being teased during a segment featuring Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef.
Aly’s cringe-inducing moment came after co-host Sam Taunton asked Youssef, 49, whether it was true that Egyptians were among the world’s funniest people.
‘Yeah we are, maybe except Waleed, because he is just too white, I’m sorry,’ joked Youssef.
‘He’s trying too hard to be white, I’m so sorry Waleed,’ he added.
Waleed Aly was brutally mocked live on air for being ‘too white’ to be funny on Tuesday’s episode of The Project. The 45-year-old Logie winner and host of the Channel 10 panel show was being teased during a segment featuring Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef (pictured)
Aly’s cringe-inducing moment came after co-host Sam Taunton asked Youssef whether it was true that Egyptians were among the world’s funniest people. Aly (pictured), who was born in Australia of Egyptian parents, looked uncomfortable as Taunton introduced Youssef
Aly, who was born in Australia to Egyptian parents, looked uncomfortable as Taunton introduced Youssef, who is known for his satirical humour.
‘Waleed here is Egyptian and he tells me that Egyptians are some the famously funny people in the world, but Waleed is not the best case study,’ Taunton said.
Youssef, a doctor, catapulted 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, catapulted 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 famed mock news-panel series The Daily Show, where he has appeared as a guest.
The funnyman will play a series of shows Down Under in November.
Last month Youssef appeared on Sky’s Piers Morgan Uncensored where he made cutting remarks about the Hamas-Israel conflict.
His appearances on that show to date have racked up 30million views on You Tube.
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