This comedian thought he'd turned his disastrous comedy special recording around when he completed a successful Kickstarter in order to release the harrowing footage from "the most awkward" special ever. But last week he surprised backers by informing them he "lost" their money.
The backers were shocked by the news which went from bad to worse when he also revealed he is planning to launch a new kickstarter to cover the losses and repay them, he even messaged some of the backers asking if they would consider donating to paying back their own money... It also seems like he doesn't even know how to operate a camera from the above exclusive picture from a shoot the backers paid for. But he promised his editor is working hard to "sort it out" in post.
However... the comedian got the shock of his life when following the aforementioned e-mail he discovered a small band of former backers were launching their own campaign here to raise funds to sue him.
But he wasn't going to take this vicious assault from those formerly loyal to his cause lying down so he launched his own rival Crowdfunding campaign here to raise funds to pay them back
And others were quick to put their money where their mouth is and get involved with the new campaign.
Thankfully the comedian is not as sour as the backers. Seeing the funny side of the whole affair he incentivesized potential backers to the new campaign with some legal themed rewards.
The campaign to sue the comedian got off to a flying start.
But he wasn't going to take this vicious assault from those formerly loyal to his cause lying down so he launched his own rival Crowdfunding campaign here to raise funds to pay them back
Some backers were keen to stand by the visionary comedian offering words of support on social media
But some including the ex-producer of the special were not so kind launching into an angry expletive ridden post on Facebook.
That post awoke some smelly online trolls who were keen to express their views. One troll threatened to contact media outlets and report the comedian.
The campaign to sue the comedian got off to a flying start.
However this was the last straw for the comedian and in September 2019 in an open letter to his fans he labelled them the “51 mugs” for giving him money in the first place, calling them “too stupid to understand his comedy” and “moronic, thick and ugly” before admitting that he’d stolen the original Kickstarter money to go to the Champions League final. Before dropping the bombshell that his life's work was being shelved indefinitely.
There was a small glimmer of hope from the comedian in Feb 2020 when he e-mailed the 51 mugs but it was just to confirm that that the film was suspended indefinitely and the only thing they were getting for their money was a trailer for the never to be released film....