Samantha Bee calls civility ‘overrated’ on Stacey Abrams’ podcast

Samantha Bee told Stacey Abrams on Thursday that civility was “worthless” and “overrated” in what they described as an “authoritarian” regime.

The former “Full Frontal” host joined the former Georgia gubernatorial candidate on Abrams’ “Assembly Required” podcast, where they discussed the role of political comedy in the second Trump administration.

“I think what you have done so skillfully through your comedy is that you agree, I think, with Roxane Gay who wrote a play in September, where she said the MAGA right wanted the left to always be civil, as if there was a perfect, polite way to debate humanity,” Abrams said. “She calls it a fantasy and argues that when people’s rights and lives are at stake, we don’t have to play nice.”

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Former late night host Samantha Bee discussed the state of political comedy with former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams. (Mike Segar/Reuters)

Abrams asked Bee what role she thought civility played in political comedy and discourse. Bee suggested that courtesy should not be a factor.

“It’s always the people telling you to shut up and be nice and, you know, compromise,” Bee said. “If you compromise everything and the people who have power and control don’t give up anything, then I just don’t see…I think civility seems worthless with them.”

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She continued, “So sometimes you just have to stand up and scream. Otherwise, you know, whether it has any effect on the outcome or not, at least everyone who feels the same way you do achieves some sort of catharsis. Maybe it’s motivating in a way. I think civility is pretty overrated.”

“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” aired from 2016 to 2022. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Discovery)

Bee quickly clarified that she was not advocating political violence and was only referring to “speech.”

During the podcast, Bee added that the situation for late-night comedians was “really scary” in light of Stephen Colbert’s cancellation and Jimmy Kimmel’s brief suspension. She denounced wealthy people who failed to stand up to President Donald Trump even though they had the financial means to do so.

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“What’s the point of having money if you never say ‘fuck off’ with your money?” » said Bee. “Like all people who have money, they should be standing up right now and directly saying ‘fuck it’ across the board. And in fact, they’re not doing that because it seems like no amount of money is money right now for a lot of people.”

Samantha Bee was known for her vulgar and controversial rants against her political opponents on her show. (Renée Dominguez Conference and Festivals/SXSW via Getty Images)

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Bee’s show, “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee,” premiered in 2016 and ran through 2022. She was known for her controversial rants, including a 2018 segment in which she called Ivanka Trump, Trump’s daughter, an “irresponsible c—.”