Netflix did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Shortly after the controversy in 2021, Sarandos said that Netflix tries to “support creative freedom and artistic expression” and that he would classify hate speech as “something that would intentionally call for physically harming other people or even remove protections.”

Marc Maron slammed fellow comedians Dave Chappelle and Bill Maher for their politics, critiquing Netflix for siding with the former amid backlash against his jokes about the trans community and the latter for his “desperate chasing of relevance.

Maron did caveat that he’d been on Maher’s shows Politically Incorrect and Real Time before (he was on Real Time thrice between 2011 and 2015). Then he offered the Kendrick Lamar–esque kill shot: “He’s got good joke writers who know how to write for his tone,