WATCH exclusive bonus content where *Nigel* answers audience questions. CLICK the link: triggernometry.locals.com/ CHAPTERS👇 00:00 Intro 01:09 Nigel's Background 03:10 The Birth of 'Uncle Roger' 06:44 Making it in the Comedy Industry 09:47 The Current State of Comedy 12:14 Diversity Hiring in Comedy 15:44 Getting Cancelled by the Chinese Communist Party 19:14 The Falun Gong Situation 22:36 Pressure to Publicly Apologise 26:01 Sponsor Message: Locals 27:03 Cancel Culture in China & Social Media Attacks 30:02 Everything Online Being Politicised 33:13 Nigel’s Second Big Cancellation 35:56 Uncle Roger Clip 43:58 Do Agents Tell You What Not to Post? 45:49 Sponsor Message: easyDNS 46:52 Nigel’s Opinion on China & Censorship 52:22 Andrew Tate 54:16 What Does the Future Hold for Nigel?
Why should I go to any UK comedy show knowing full-well that due to the pressures of wokeism, political corporatism and freedom of speech that it guarantees a watered-down, careful, less funny experience than 20 years ago?
That’s why people like old Soviet jokes in China😂 These jokes lurk under the radar of the government (because no direct offense to the current regime), but they’re still sardonic and witty enough
@@Easy2Peel This reminds me of the brilliant Jára Cimrman Theatre, which was founded in communist Czechoslovakia and had many jokes about Austria-Hungary in its plays, which also often perfectly fitted on the communist regime of the time.
I think if we started to define authoritarians as 'people who cannot joke about themselves', you'd reveal a very interesting character trait and analysis for leaders and their leadership
You can NEVER make fun or poke fun about the CCP. They don't accept all that. This is authoritarianism, yet ironically westerners complaint about freedom in their respective countries. Lol
@@peachperfect1896 There’s actually been studies and research that suggests just that People with humor Writers Video makers There’s actually a handful of categories that people actually underestimate when it comes to intelligence. It’s just not necessarily the outdated Einstein sort of genius intelligence some expect.
@@GILLIGFAN Very true though. Many associates intelligence with jobs like Doctors, Scientist, Lawyer, Engineer or just as simple as when you're good with math. When in fact you can be Intelligent in so many ways.
Some people need their existence to have purpose or meaning. Some people need to be special. This predates social media. It's just an inherent part of the human experience and condition. All social media is doing is catalyzing it, widening the difference between people who can get over it and people who can't.
@@silbury2325 Really well put 👏🏻 Its always happened, but people used to do it in other settings face to face. Now its all faceless and online which means people either go extreme for interaction or their opinions are shaped to extremes by the content that they consume.
I'm Malaysian, and I am so proud of Uncle Rogerrr 🇲🇾 I only recently got into his content after seeing this interview, so I missed him during the viral days which means I didnt know he had the whole 'scandal'. So his final thoughts really resonated because as someone who didn't know about the 'storm' - it didn't exist for me, hence "go outside and touch leaves" echoes the fact that the world is bigger than the sensitivities we encounter on the internet that is siloed in social media. Keep up the good work Nigel! May good food unite us all ❤️😆
I am so surprised even my 11 years old daughter knew uncle roger.. i watched this video and she recognized his voice directly.. thats mean he is so popular
@@hibobobo I think her jokes are not suited for Malaysians who are as easily 'butthurt' as China considering the Western comedy format she went for. There is too much cultural sensitivity and religious sensitivity in Malaysia for edgy jokes 🤷🏽♀️ i haven't heard anyone making fun of 9/11 successfully. And if they do tempt it, there is always a self-awareness like, "too soon?" which she didnt exhibit. So for her, it ended up having the same backlash because the context is that Malaysians dont have freedom of speech in the name of comedy or even at all. LOL. And even if a Western comedian tries this type of humor, it's always trying to be a cultural commentary. In summary, Malaysians having 60% Malays, 20% Chinese, 10% Indian and others, I would say her jokes about Malaysians think Singapore is better would be for Chinese-Malaysian sentiment 🤷🏽♀️ so its distasteful, especially if she sell her jokes to Western audiences who already think Malaysia is a 3rd world country that dont have internet 🤣 better stick with food like Uncle Roger 🤣
I came from main land. Hey Uncle Roger, I just want you know that most of us love your show, sorry about those thing happen to you. We are not that sensitive, people who can't get joke just because they trained to think what is correct first, deep down it came from fear they didn't realize. I feel sorry for them.
Still watch uncle roger and strictly dumpling even after that whole cancellation going on. It left a sour taste but knowing that uncle roger was pretty new back then its understandable to make mistake especially with communication between youtubers. This really shed the light on his struggles and how he move on, I'm glad he does this interview.
I wish they would have talked about Nigel's collaboration with Gordon Ramsay. Gordon and Nigel seem to understand each other and play off each other well. And their business teams seem to strategize well together. He has a sharp team working with him.
Wow this makes me respect Nigel a lot more. I feel it’s hard for us Asians when we disappoint people or do something that is deemed wrong in someone’s eyes because we’ve been trained to stay within the lanes, be obedient and don’t ruffle feathers. Even though he didn’t mean for the storm to happen, he decided to make a stand on what he feels is right and that’s extremely admirable.
I guess…. To me it’s blatant. The USA is modeling their economics and social society after the CCP. Social crediting systems, Real ID, facial recognition, censorship. We can’t compete militarily against the eastern world and so we try and copy their economics and social systems…
He looked so uncomfortable when they veered into that whole censorship realm. I think past experiences have told him to leave certain subjects alone. We're creating a world where people second-guess what they're about to say because they sense the backlash/consequences it may engender. Social media is a double-edged sword.
It really is. But just recently i saw more examples of independent creators who suffered through festivals and auditions without ever getting discovered. And they found their audience on youtube, which gave them a lot of independence from other middlemen and stability. I like that.
The first time he got cancelled I thought "This guy's apologizing for somebody else's behavior? No way somebody that inoffensive is very funny. He just got lucky and his reaction video went viral" and I didn't think about him again until I saw what got him cancelled this time. Since this controversy was over the actual routine and not a social media post, I saw a clip of him actually doing stand up, interacting with the audience and my opinion really has changed. So yeah, he's right, +1 respect from me.
Thanks for sharing your side of the story, Nigel. Didn't know the story behind Mike Chen and the fuss around him was about. Getting cancelled by big brother might be a good thing though, you no longer need to walk on eggshells and self-censor your materials. All the best!
Mike Chen is the most annoying food vlogger. He used to be one of the hosts for a RUclips show that talks about Asian stereotypes living in Western societies and also being political towards Asian countries. Mike Chen is the biggest JACKIE CHAN HATER!
In my country (Thailand) a famous song was banned from any live stages because most of the singers and its listener changed the lyric during the chorus for sing along to criticized the military coup 🤣
It comes up time and time again. If you apologise in this current world, all you are doing is confirming you were "wrong" and then opening up avenues for further attack. It does you no good.
Enjoyed this conversation. It's good to get the back story behind the success, ups and downs and taking risks to try something new. Much admiration for this young man who lives life on his own terms. Smart and funny! Lethal combination.
Hello! Just want to thank you guys for inviting Roger to the show. I have to admit that I immediately stopped watching all of Roger contents as soon as i heard that he kowtowd to the CCP. Needless to say, i then didn't bother to research or dig deeper on Roger side of the story. Glad to hear his side of the story now, and I have to admit that I'm ashamed of my immediate decision back then. Apologies Nigel, glad that everything's going well for you now :)
Awe. Bless him. Just love his personality and it is really interesting to meet the man behind the character. ❤ Wish him loads more success. Imagine all the Chinese Uncle Rogers that we never meet because of the government’s control of the pop.
@@justincenters2762 are you on fent or meth. I am as anti China as is possible. Roger sided with China... he is the bad communist sympathizer. He would be in their markets but they banned him after he helped them silence a good dude.
@@justincenters2762 you can not read and are apparently racist to think a Chinese name means supporting china's dumb and dying communists. SMH your the type of simple mind communism loves.
@@justincenters2762 I'm making a point to have the point not get washed over by the stupid and or greedy. Such as yourself. The only thing dumber than a communist Chinese??? U 😭 and maybe north Koreans
Uncle Roger, forget about China.....you have a huge market to capture, which is India. Make your Haiya Specials in India. I bet you will be a huge hit there. You will be idolized in this English speaking comedy loving modern India because you bring a total new version of comedy to their palate. As a fellow Msian, you knew about Indian culture and cuisines well, so expand your wings there.
So good to hear the full story from Nigel. On face value, I enjoyed his vids and was just disappointed he 'shilled' for the CCP. Now hear this wasn't the case, just a reminder to me to not completely swallow what's fed to me. Cheers guys, nice interview 👍
I’m amazed a lot of other people didn’t cancel him after watching that special. It was so cringe and so hilarious. I absolutely loved it. Glad to have spent $15 to watch it.
@@daisuke910 he chose to listen to the Chinese government in hopes of being bigger in their marketing. He failed. That was his stupidity, he should be canceled here for justice and karma
Thank you uncle Roger & thank you Triggernometry. Finally, someone let English speakers understood the real CCP and what meant of Chinese style freedom. But fact is, the case is even worst than that.
Really is mental gymnastics and has to be soul crushing for comedians now who've got a presence online. However, what the cancel culture fail to realize is that when they try to cancel a comedian for a spicy joke, that comedian then becomes more well known and watch their specials just like with Dave Chapelle.
He has links to FLG events and stuff in his descriptions all the time as far as i can remember, though he's more prevalent in his involvement on the second channel.
Please come to Taiwan! Stand up comedy is getting popular in Taiwan now. It is probably the most open minded, free country in the Mandarin speaking world
@@chrisbfreelance west cancel culture is only social. In China, there are social and government cancel culture. If worse come to worse like humiliating xi, they will jail you.
My 9 years old boy introduced uncle rogers video to me, he loves his humourous critic on asian food, thumbs up for Uncle Rogers making more people laugh
I love how organic this interview is!!! We all need this. Exactly!!! Make fun of everybody. That's comedy. I stutter - it gets better or worse - but if people crack a joke about it if I start up - I dont get offended if its funny. Humor and discrimination are 2 different things.
You can tell how much it impacted him. Very sad. Someone who just wanted to make people laugh and have a good time. Those of us who are reasonable people have your back, Nigel.
As much as I enjoy the societal/political stuff, the interviews you do with other comedians always feels like one of those great chats you have with mates at the pub when 5 beers deep!
I remember Mike Chen/Strictly Dumpling saying Nigel did not contact him during the apologizing to China thing. I think that's why he went on those different channels and talked about it
Interestingly, I saw one of the Mikey Chen podcasts at the time shortly after. However, Mikey Chen actually did state he 'completely understood why Nigel did it' (paraphrasing). I cannot speak for every podcast Mikey Chen appeared on, but I thought he was actually being pretty cool about the whole thing and was rather understanding. I think he was a little annoyed, but he didn't verbally/vocally saying anything outwardly negative about Nigel from what I recall. However, if you do not watch the whole podcast and you are in a certain mindset, you could potentially convince yourself you were 'thrown under the bus', but I don't think that happened.
I don't think it is always an obligatory, diversity thing to be hired. A lot of cultures "take the piss" out of their own. We have indigenous Black Comedy here in Australia and they are great, "Deadly" as they say. I think you are genuinely loved because of your attitude and you are truly a funny man to listen to.
Nigel's story needs to be seen on the big screen...either as a biopic drama and/or a documentary. Dave Chappelle should be involved, perhaps as the primary producer.
That translated statement sounds exactly like what every other Chinese celebrity would issue when shit happens. But this is also what Taiwanese celebs who decide to work in Mainland China face and do... which really boils down to whether you want to pay the price.
Wow this is explosive information. Of all the Strictly Dumplings videos I watch, I have no idea that Mikey Chen is a member of Fa Lun Gong...I don't recall him ever mentioning anything in his food review videos. Sorry to hear that you have to go through that mess of a situation. It's like stepping on a landmine without knowing it.
He has links to FLG events and stuff in his descriptions all the time as far as i can remember, though he's more prevalent in his involvement on the second channel
Holy cow, thank you for reminding me of how much I love being American! (At least for now since many would like the prosecute their political enemies here.)
52:20 Wow Nigel brings up a seriously good point. I've never though of Andrew Tate like that. Now come to think of it he's basically a pro-wrestling heel on social media, never dropping keyfabe. All you gotta do is to not take him seriously and all of the sudden the shit that people get offended by becomes pure entertainment. He's just a guy saying crazy shit, shit you can't come up with yourself, and getting rich off of it. Good for him. The people that actually take his advice? Well, I'd assume Andrew Tate is not their main issue.
Uncle Roger's full comedy episodes are hilarious. He does the food reviews, working in restaurants and more. Get to see and hear from Nephew Nigel too. He has a full season you can watch. 👌🏽
my summary: Nigel: I want to have something to do with China but it's just more trouble than it's worth. I'm successful enough now i'm just going to stop dealing with Chinese social media. I feel a bit sorry for Chinese entertainers who don't have the option though that seems rough.
tbh I was really put off by him when the whole dumpling fiasco happened, but seeing his side of the story really cleared things up. I'll probably start watching him again knowing what happened was just a case of miscommunication and arguably bad choices.
He wasn’t really in the wrong in that situation even to begin with. It’s not everyday that you find out someone you worked with for a video is a higher-up cultist. Most people who got upset were just “China bad so apologizing to China also bad”. It’s unfortunate how one-dimensional and caveman people get about CCP when it should be nuanced bad and upsides too believe it or not. But the desire in the west to create a boogeyman along with Fulangong’s very real financial backing of these motives, along with an actual cultural genocide, have added so much fuel to the fire it overwhelmingly/disproportionately occupies the minds of westerners Anyways probably too much of a deep dive lol, he definitely could’ve communicated it better I agree
@@Amaling He didn't try to apologize. That's where he failed his communication. Or more specificially his team fail it. They should realize that the post feel more like an apology letter. But i guess consider his team is mostly Chinese, they are used to apologize to Chinese hence they made that letter
WATCH exclusive bonus content where *Nigel* answers audience questions.
CLICK the link: triggernometry.locals.com/
CHAPTERS👇
00:00 Intro
01:09 Nigel's Background
03:10 The Birth of 'Uncle Roger'
06:44 Making it in the Comedy Industry
09:47 The Current State of Comedy
12:14 Diversity Hiring in Comedy
15:44 Getting Cancelled by the Chinese Communist Party
19:14 The Falun Gong Situation
22:36 Pressure to Publicly Apologise
26:01 Sponsor Message: Locals
27:03 Cancel Culture in China & Social Media Attacks
30:02 Everything Online Being Politicised
33:13 Nigel’s Second Big Cancellation
35:56 Uncle Roger Clip
43:58 Do Agents Tell You What Not to Post?
45:49 Sponsor Message: easyDNS
46:52 Nigel’s Opinion on China & Censorship
52:22 Andrew Tate
54:16 What Does the Future Hold for Nigel?
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Why should I go to any UK comedy show knowing full-well that due to the pressures of wokeism, political corporatism and freedom of speech that it guarantees a watered-down, careful, less funny experience than 20 years ago?
You know Uncle Roger likes to plug it right ladies? (Sorry children).
I used to be here for the boys. Now you are boring. Today I'm only here for Uncle Roger.
Uncle Roger never apologized for discrediting long time human rights advocates for China. don't buy the deep CCP psyops
Haiya mainland china so sensitive la
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😂😂😂
Please, my lungs 😂😂😂
Comment is FUIYOOoH!!!
-50 credit score points to Hogwarts
It is so unfair that a talented man like Nigel would get banned in a whole country for politics that he was never even involved in.
Its a communist country that's what you get . It's coming to a country near you. It's called esg and united nations
That’s why people like old Soviet jokes in China😂 These jokes lurk under the radar of the government (because no direct offense to the current regime), but they’re still sardonic and witty enough
Unfair, lol.
@@Easy2Peel This reminds me of the brilliant Jára Cimrman Theatre, which was founded in communist Czechoslovakia and had many jokes about Austria-Hungary in its plays, which also often perfectly fitted on the communist regime of the time.
🤣That is communism/socialism.
He didn't even say anything that 'offensive'. It was a LITTLE joke, but that just goes to show why authoritarian regimes can't allow humor.
I think if we started to define authoritarians as 'people who cannot joke about themselves', you'd reveal a very interesting character trait and analysis for leaders and their leadership
Puhaha of course let's make some joke about trans in Canada or UK you go directly in jail!
LMAO
@@biancaenera2500 Canada and the U.K. have just gone nuts...
Mockery is poison to authoritarians
You can NEVER make fun or poke fun about the CCP. They don't accept all that. This is authoritarianism, yet ironically westerners complaint about freedom in their respective countries. Lol
Comedians are our watchdogs. They've been "waking" the world for centuries. Harnessing their humor and content is a flat out red flag for any nation.
China's flag is literally RED. The whole place is a red flag!!!
@@mannyeyes its a cageless prison.
@@thedude3189 Until they put a person in an actual cage...
Lol now they are turning into SJWs and petty "Wokedogs" who dont have an opinion of their own and pander to radical leftists.
Every country has rules and different culture or mentality. Respect a bit and not cursing or crossing the baseline.
I never realised how well spoken he is outside of his character. Brilliant podcast guys 💪🏼
Right… I think people that have a great sense of humor are usually very intelligent.
@@peachperfect1896
There’s actually been studies and
research that suggests just that
People with humor
Writers
Video makers
There’s actually a handful of categories that people actually underestimate when it comes to
intelligence.
It’s just not necessarily
the outdated Einstein sort
of genius intelligence
some expect.
It just means they play their persona really well. I was shocked when I first saw Rowan Atkinson out of his Mr Bean character many many years ago too.
@@GILLIGFAN Very true though. Many associates intelligence with jobs like Doctors, Scientist, Lawyer, Engineer or just as simple as when you're good with math. When in fact you can be Intelligent in so many ways.
@@ridzzy6969 Same i was very shocked when i hear him the first time out of his Mr.Bean persona.
"Social media makes everyone think that others should give a shit about their opinion" This is the truth.
Some people need their existence to have purpose or meaning. Some people need to be special. This predates social media. It's just an inherent part of the human experience and condition. All social media is doing is catalyzing it, widening the difference between people who can get over it and people who can't.
@@silbury2325 our generation's trial by fire. Handle with care
@@silbury2325 Really well put 👏🏻 Its always happened, but people used to do it in other settings face to face. Now its all faceless and online which means people either go extreme for interaction or their opinions are shaped to extremes by the content that they consume.
Dude who cares
Sorry couldn't resist. You're right. 😊
@@davidkelly499 that’s our day and age in a nutshell man.
I'm Malaysian, and I am so proud of Uncle Rogerrr 🇲🇾
I only recently got into his content after seeing this interview, so I missed him during the viral days which means I didnt know he had the whole 'scandal'. So his final thoughts really resonated because as someone who didn't know about the 'storm' - it didn't exist for me, hence "go outside and touch leaves" echoes the fact that the world is bigger than the sensitivities we encounter on the internet that is siloed in social media. Keep up the good work Nigel! May good food unite us all ❤️😆
I have been watching him since he was just Nigel and didn't know anything about the scandal with China, so don't worry about it
I am so surprised even my 11 years old daughter knew uncle roger.. i watched this video and she recognized his voice directly.. thats mean he is so popular
As a malaysian how do you feel about Jocelyn Chia?
@@hibobobo I think her jokes are not suited for Malaysians who are as easily 'butthurt' as China considering the Western comedy format she went for. There is too much cultural sensitivity and religious sensitivity in Malaysia for edgy jokes 🤷🏽♀️ i haven't heard anyone making fun of 9/11 successfully. And if they do tempt it, there is always a self-awareness like, "too soon?" which she didnt exhibit. So for her, it ended up having the same backlash because the context is that Malaysians dont have freedom of speech in the name of comedy or even at all. LOL. And even if a Western comedian tries this type of humor, it's always trying to be a cultural commentary. In summary, Malaysians having 60% Malays, 20% Chinese, 10% Indian and others, I would say her jokes about Malaysians think Singapore is better would be for Chinese-Malaysian sentiment 🤷🏽♀️ so its distasteful, especially if she sell her jokes to Western audiences who already think Malaysia is a 3rd world country that dont have internet 🤣 better stick with food like Uncle Roger 🤣
I might be mistaking, but Uncle Roger is looking rather Chinese to me. Is he a member of the Chinese minority of Malaysia?
I came from main land. Hey Uncle Roger, I just want you know that most of us love your show, sorry about those thing happen to you. We are not that sensitive, people who can't get joke just because they trained to think what is correct first, deep down it came from fear they didn't realize. I feel sorry for them.
+1点了
Freedom is worth more than what you could possibly gain from censoring yourself or saying things that you don’t believe.
These guys aren't free
@@RichardGeresGerbil dey very axpensive
Tell that to the mob
@@mylesg7278 Most men don’t have the courage to do so but thats why western societies are so screwed up right now.
@@mylesg7278 There are more sane people than the ones that are part of the “mob” many times over.
Nigel is one of the the most genuine people out there. Great vid guys!
I recently came across Uncle Roger, I'm 72 and he makes me laugh so much, which is gold!
That’s all he wants to achieve with uncle Roger ❤
Being Cancelled by China is a huge badge of Courage and Honour I Congratulate you
Definitely a interview I never imagined! Good on uncle roger.
Still watch uncle roger and strictly dumpling even after that whole cancellation going on. It left a sour taste but knowing that uncle roger was pretty new back then its understandable to make mistake especially with communication between youtubers. This really shed the light on his struggles and how he move on, I'm glad he does this interview.
I wish they would have talked about Nigel's collaboration with Gordon Ramsay. Gordon and Nigel seem to understand each other and play off each other well. And their business teams seem to strategize well together. He has a sharp team working with him.
Nigel - "But why you drain egg fried rice!!!"
Gordon- "Do you know ho many woks I have ? 83! "
Nigel- "So why don't you use one?!"
Gordon-😂
@@creatureliveGordon 'Wok fk boi' Ramsey
Wow this makes me respect Nigel a lot more. I feel it’s hard for us Asians when we disappoint people or do something that is deemed wrong in someone’s eyes because we’ve been trained to stay within the lanes, be obedient and don’t ruffle feathers. Even though he didn’t mean for the storm to happen, he decided to make a stand on what he feels is right and that’s extremely admirable.
I don't think its the average Chinese who thinks like this. I think it is the CCP pretending to be the average citizen.
It's fascinating to think about the similarities between woke people and Chinese nationalists.
I guess…. To me it’s blatant. The USA is modeling their economics and social society after the CCP. Social crediting systems, Real ID, facial recognition, censorship. We can’t compete militarily against the eastern world and so we try and copy their economics and social systems…
Well most of them do love the iPhone, checks out.
literally the same.
Exactly what Jordan Peterson said, the underlying philosophy of these two groups is the same.
CCPSJW+++
He looked so uncomfortable when they veered into that whole censorship realm. I think past experiences have told him to leave certain subjects alone. We're creating a world where people second-guess what they're about to say because they sense the backlash/consequences it may engender. Social media is a double-edged sword.
“I haven’t really thought about it” … that doesn’t wash.
this is actually possible, because Malaysia is also very sensitive in many topics, especially politics, race, and religion.
It really is. But just recently i saw more examples of independent creators who suffered through festivals and auditions without ever getting discovered. And they found their audience on youtube, which gave them a lot of independence from other middlemen and stability. I like that.
HAAAA!!! "I want rich parents that will still beat me once in a while." -- "You want rich Asian parents."
Comedy gold!
UNCLE ROGER! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE INTERVIEWING HIM.
I LOVE Uncle Roger. He is WONDERFUL
Emotional Damage!!! Love this guy. He's nailed every stereotype about my Asian family PERFECTLY..
Emotional damage is a different guy though :D
Different guy dude 😂
They look very similar.....
That's Steven He..
LMAO, you're Asian and you can't tell him apart from Steven He? How do you have racial face blindness for your own race??
It’s ok China he’s not yours anyway. He proudly belongs to us Malaysians ❤
The first time he got cancelled I thought "This guy's apologizing for somebody else's behavior? No way somebody that inoffensive is very funny. He just got lucky and his reaction video went viral" and I didn't think about him again until I saw what got him cancelled this time. Since this controversy was over the actual routine and not a social media post, I saw a clip of him actually doing stand up, interacting with the audience and my opinion really has changed. So yeah, he's right, +1 respect from me.
Comedians sitting around talking while not trying so hard to be “on” is one of the best things you can watch.
Full of respect, support you always my fellow Malaysian, be real, be you ❤
Thanks for sharing your side of the story, Nigel. Didn't know the story behind Mike Chen and the fuss around him was about. Getting cancelled by big brother might be a good thing though, you no longer need to walk on eggshells and self-censor your materials. All the best!
Mike Chen is the most annoying food vlogger. He used to be one of the hosts for a RUclips show that talks about Asian stereotypes living in Western societies and also being political towards Asian countries. Mike Chen is the biggest JACKIE CHAN HATER!
A true statement, "You know the country is not going in the right direction, when the government starts censoring/banning comedians."
Love from India
by that logic, we're absolutely fucked
@@vihankrishna9644 oh yes..big time..!!!
In my country (Thailand) a famous song was banned from any live stages because most of the singers and its listener changed the lyric during the chorus for sing along to criticized the military coup 🤣
Every western country in the last 80 years: "fuck..."
Loved the interview! Felt too short! Hope to see a collab! Thank you to Nigel and the Trigger team! ❤
Uncle Roger on RAW!
@@alexandras5347 that would be amazing!
It was an hour lol that was long as heck
That original fried rice video still is one of the funniest things I’ve seen.
My gran loves him 😂 when I see her she asks if I have more Uncle Roger to show, it's so sweet
Hyped! I have been entertained by Uncle Roger for quite a while now so it will be great to see him talk to you guys.
Their loss, our gain. I will keep watching because I like his content and comedy.
It comes up time and time again. If you apologise in this current world, all you are doing is confirming you were "wrong" and then opening up avenues for further attack. It does you no good.
Uncle Roger, many people of Chinese race all over the world love you. Stay true to yourself. Support you.
Enjoyed this conversation. It's good to get the back story behind the success, ups and downs and taking risks to try something new. Much admiration for this young man who lives life on his own terms. Smart and funny! Lethal combination.
Nigel ng have big heart ❤️❤️ he so kind person 😊😊 you can see when he listens to host..very respectful person😊😊 i can feel it
Most Malaysians are like that..
Most neutral ( and accurate ) view on the FG/CCP contention i have yet heard. :-)
If your getting cancelled, your doing something right.
Nigel Ng being afraid of both CCP and Falun Gong shows how tragic the situation is.
He's his own opening act. That's too funny!
Hello! Just want to thank you guys for inviting Roger to the show. I have to admit that I immediately stopped watching all of Roger contents as soon as i heard that he kowtowd to the CCP. Needless to say, i then didn't bother to research or dig deeper on Roger side of the story.
Glad to hear his side of the story now, and I have to admit that I'm ashamed of my immediate decision back then. Apologies Nigel, glad that everything's going well for you now :)
good on you for watching this then and moving on from what you thought then. Hope you've enjoyed catching up on his stuff :)
I had no idea Auntie Helen was German lol
It was a surprise for Me too😂❤! He is also part of AMWF community🥰❤️!!!!
Howewer Auntie Helen was lucky as Fuck LoL Ahaha😍😁❤️!!!!
Awe. Bless him. Just love his personality and it is really interesting to meet the man behind the character. ❤ Wish him loads more success. Imagine all the Chinese Uncle Rogers that we never meet because of the government’s control of the pop.
He is a good Chinese and listened to the ccp as well.
@@xiaonanw6374 Yep you beat him in the spam youtube comment section though. Making the CCP so proud.
@@justincenters2762 are you on fent or meth. I am as anti China as is possible. Roger sided with China... he is the bad communist sympathizer. He would be in their markets but they banned him after he helped them silence a good dude.
@@justincenters2762 you can not read and are apparently racist to think a Chinese name means supporting china's dumb and dying communists. SMH your the type of simple mind communism loves.
@@justincenters2762 I'm making a point to have the point not get washed over by the stupid and or greedy. Such as yourself. The only thing dumber than a communist Chinese??? U 😭 and maybe north Koreans
I love Nigel, he's smart, funny, and handsome, what more could you want?
You know what? I think I'll check out Nigel's special! Great interview. Seems like a genuinely sweet human being.
Uncle Roger, forget about China.....you have a huge market to capture, which is India. Make your Haiya Specials in India. I bet you will be a huge hit there. You will be idolized in this English speaking comedy loving modern India because you bring a total new version of comedy to their palate. As a fellow Msian, you knew about Indian culture and cuisines well, so expand your wings there.
So good to hear the full story from Nigel. On face value, I enjoyed his vids and was just disappointed he 'shilled' for the CCP. Now hear this wasn't the case, just a reminder to me to not completely swallow what's fed to me. Cheers guys, nice interview 👍
I’m amazed a lot of other people didn’t cancel him after watching that special. It was so cringe and so hilarious. I absolutely loved it. Glad to have spent $15 to watch it.
No he should be canceled for trying to cancel the other youtuber when China asked him to. He is a hypocritical sellout
Just send ur cash to China they r one n the same
@@xiaonanw6374but he is cancelled by China. How is that work now? 😂.
Also, he is Malaysian and not mainlandernese
@@daisuke910 he chose to listen to the Chinese government in hopes of being bigger in their marketing. He failed. That was his stupidity, he should be canceled here for justice and karma
@@daisuke910 are u dumb bro?
I do like the fact that he refuses to take a political slant. That's clever marketing if it isn't true and downright beneficial if it is.
In his case he's refusing to BE a political slant
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@@LunarLocustgod damn we're breaking out the vintage racism today lol that's a rare one
@@Peer_Review I mean think real hard for a bit about my username
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Uncle Roger is so Refreshing and honest. Funny guy.
Fukk u smoking. He is not honest at all. Bro he is on China side he tried canceling the dude for China and never even addressed it
Thank you uncle Roger & thank you Triggernometry. Finally, someone let English speakers understood the real CCP and what meant of Chinese style freedom. But fact is, the case is even worst than that.
Really is mental gymnastics and has to be soul crushing for comedians now who've got a presence online. However, what the cancel culture fail to realize is that when they try to cancel a comedian for a spicy joke, that comedian then becomes more well known and watch their specials just like with Dave Chapelle.
Dude!! Can't believe you interviewed Nigel. The best Nigel.
Countries that don't allow humor have no idea that that is how they become the joke. 🤦♂️
nobody is safe around free speech im all for it
Petition to get J.K Rowling on the show.
Signed!
It would be LEGENDARY.
YES PLEASE!!
Well spoken, articulate very funny what a great guy!
Really glad to hear this. Saw the Strictly Dumpling thing real time. Had no idea about all the Falungong deal and all that.
He has links to FLG events and stuff in his descriptions all the time as far as i can remember, though he's more prevalent in his involvement on the second channel.
Please come to Taiwan! Stand up comedy is getting popular in Taiwan now. It is probably the most open minded, free country in the Mandarin speaking world
When KK said he didnt think CCP would cancel people, he really had no idea.
shows what a bubble he lives in!
It's not really cancelling as we've come to know it in the west.
@@justme-hh4vp he doesn't strike me as someone in a bubble but it's all the more surprising given hes from Russia and Stalin was the OG cancelling
@@chrisbfreelance west cancel culture is only social. In China, there are social and government cancel culture. If worse come to worse like humiliating xi, they will jail you.
My 9 years old boy introduced uncle rogers video to me, he loves his humourous critic on asian food, thumbs up for Uncle Rogers making more people laugh
High 5 ! My kids intro Uncle Roger to me like 1 year ago and now I watch him more than them 😂
Somehow, I suspect Jamie Oliver was the mastermind behind all of this...
That chilli jam...
😂😂😂
That “green curry” ... that chorizo “ paella” .... ohww and that pseudo “ lasagne”.... 😅😅😅
No mention of the mango chutney... wtf!?
I love how organic this interview is!!! We all need this. Exactly!!! Make fun of everybody. That's comedy. I stutter - it gets better or worse - but if people crack a joke about it if I start up - I dont get offended if its funny. Humor and discrimination are 2 different things.
You can tell how much it impacted him. Very sad. Someone who just wanted to make people laugh and have a good time. Those of us who are reasonable people have your back, Nigel.
As much as I enjoy the societal/political stuff, the interviews you do with other comedians always feels like one of those great chats you have with mates at the pub when 5 beers deep!
I remember Mike Chen/Strictly Dumpling saying Nigel did not contact him during the apologizing to China thing. I think that's why he went on those different channels and talked about it
Interestingly, I saw one of the Mikey Chen podcasts at the time shortly after. However, Mikey Chen actually did state he 'completely understood why Nigel did it' (paraphrasing). I cannot speak for every podcast Mikey Chen appeared on, but I thought he was actually being pretty cool about the whole thing and was rather understanding. I think he was a little annoyed, but he didn't verbally/vocally saying anything outwardly negative about Nigel from what I recall.
However, if you do not watch the whole podcast and you are in a certain mindset, you could potentially convince yourself you were 'thrown under the bus', but I don't think that happened.
Fun to watch & informative. A fine interview.
You are very welcome to Taiwan!!!
There's a saying "有共不辱，愧對父母“, from a famous Taiwanese RUclipsr, 波特王. lol
Always great material! Keep it up.
As a Chinese mainlander,it’s good for you to give up the Chinese market
how so?
Uncle Roger is hilarious. Keep going!
Just discovered Uncle Roger. He is unbelievable . Good luck !
We don’t care if they cancel you Uncle Roger! From Philippines!
Screw you, quit being a hater. He's funny. QUIT BEING A HATER!
I don't think it is always an obligatory, diversity thing to be hired. A lot of cultures "take the piss" out of their own. We have indigenous Black Comedy here in Australia and they are great, "Deadly" as they say. I think you are genuinely loved because of your attitude and you are truly a funny man to listen to.
Good on you, lads, for posting this today
Uncle Roger not cancelled --- people (maybe outside China) love him even more.
Recorded June 4. That's today! Holy hell, that's quick turnover. Well done Anton!
Historically artists have always been the truth tellers. Its why art is so important even though the medium changes with time.
I love uncle Roger. Very glad to see this and get a peek behind the curtain.
Uncle Roger is the reason I bought a rice cooker albeit a budget but rice cooker none the less
Nigel's story needs to be seen on the big screen...either as a biopic drama and/or a documentary. Dave Chappelle should be involved, perhaps as the primary producer.
Love Uncle Roger! He's a great comedian and should get a bigger chance!
Lovely and funny man, just started following Nigel and I am impressed
That translated statement sounds exactly like what every other Chinese celebrity would issue when shit happens. But this is also what Taiwanese celebs who decide to work in Mainland China face and do... which really boils down to whether you want to pay the price.
Wow this is explosive information. Of all the Strictly Dumplings videos I watch, I have no idea that Mikey Chen is a member of Fa Lun Gong...I don't recall him ever mentioning anything in his food review videos. Sorry to hear that you have to go through that mess of a situation. It's like stepping on a landmine without knowing it.
He has links to FLG events and stuff in his descriptions all the time as far as i can remember, though he's more prevalent in his involvement on the second channel
I honestly try to avoid anyone involved with CCP and FLG. We don't need the psyop.
How is Nigel’s relationship with Mike Chen now since Nigel’s “apologies” to the CCP?
Very interesting to hear how social media works in similar ways in very different cultures and seems to amplify outrage everywhere.
Holy cow, thank you for reminding me of how much I love being American! (At least for now since many would like the prosecute their political enemies here.)
OMG!!! I am sooooo excited for this!!!!! I LOVE Uncle Roger!!!!!!
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52:20 Wow Nigel brings up a seriously good point. I've never though of Andrew Tate like that. Now come to think of it he's basically a pro-wrestling heel on social media, never dropping keyfabe. All you gotta do is to not take him seriously and all of the sudden the shit that people get offended by becomes pure entertainment. He's just a guy saying crazy shit, shit you can't come up with yourself, and getting rich off of it. Good for him. The people that actually take his advice? Well, I'd assume Andrew Tate is not their main issue.
"His career started with fried rice and ended with a dumpling"....lol thats pretty funny
Uncle Roger's full comedy episodes are hilarious. He does the food reviews, working in restaurants and more. Get to see and hear from Nephew Nigel too. He has a full season you can watch. 👌🏽
That China comedy clip was golden. Damn that’s funny
Wowee my absolute favourite episode EVER. This is amazing 👏 🙌
Respect for Uncle Roger! Didn't know the full back story until now, great interview!
Uncle Roger is a full on China propagandist..
I love seeing the guys blossom when interviewing a fellow comic. This is a comedy show right now
Congrats Nigel! I discovered you this year and can't get enough of Uncle Roger. I live in LA, let me know if you need any help getting settled.
I started cooking egg fried rice because of him.
my summary: Nigel: I want to have something to do with China but it's just more trouble than it's worth. I'm successful enough now i'm just going to stop dealing with Chinese social media. I feel a bit sorry for Chinese entertainers who don't have the option though that seems rough.
That's because of the CCP. You can't be free with them.
tbh I was really put off by him when the whole dumpling fiasco happened, but seeing his side of the story really cleared things up. I'll probably start watching him again knowing what happened was just a case of miscommunication and arguably bad choices.
Hello mr chinese propaganda agent
@@mattias969 So having an opinion that's not blindly hating China classifies you as a propaganda agent. Cool buddy
Nah, he had his chance and blew it.
He wasn’t really in the wrong in that situation even to begin with. It’s not everyday that you find out someone you worked with for a video is a higher-up cultist. Most people who got upset were just “China bad so apologizing to China also bad”. It’s unfortunate how one-dimensional and caveman people get about CCP when it should be nuanced bad and upsides too believe it or not. But the desire in the west to create a boogeyman along with Fulangong’s very real financial backing of these motives, along with an actual cultural genocide, have added so much fuel to the fire it overwhelmingly/disproportionately occupies the minds of westerners
Anyways probably too much of a deep dive lol, he definitely could’ve communicated it better I agree
@@Amaling He didn't try to apologize. That's where he failed his communication. Or more specificially his team fail it. They should realize that the post feel more like an apology letter. But i guess consider his team is mostly Chinese, they are used to apologize to Chinese hence they made that letter