Andrew Dice Clay slams New York Times profile of him: 'Talk about Fake News'

Andrew Dice Clay was not thrilled to read a recent New York Times profile titled “Does Society Need Andrew Dice Clay?,” writing Sunday on Instagram that the article was “Fake News.” The 61-year-old comedian explained that he rarely gives interviews these days, but he thought the Times would be “truthful and on point.”

Clay specifically took issue with the story, which was published on Saturday, describing “three not-quite-sold-out nights” of his show at the Laugh Factory in Las Vegas on New Year’s weekend. He wanted to know why the journalist didn’t explain that the last weekend of the year is one of “the Worst Weekend’s To Perform In Vegas,” as he put it. He was also mad that the story started off with a joke he performed about disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein, “making it sound like I believe in Rape,” he wrote on Instagram.

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Talk about Fake News , Honestly I don’t do a lot of interviews , and that is by choice. The New York Times Though , They gotta be Truthful and on point Right ,,, Wrong ! First off , Why would a reporter say my show wasn’t sold out , unless they added the part where they Also talked to the club owner and Heard that two of the Worst Weekend ‘s To Perform In Vegas is the last weekend of the year leading up to New Years Eve and The First Weekend Of the New Year ? Because Than she might’ve Heard from him saying … DICE , is hands down our Biggest Draw , So even if the Room isn’t to capacity , we are still at 90 Percent Full . Also in the same Breath Mention That Dice Does (Even After 3 Decades Of Touring) everything from Clubs to 3000 seat Theatres and coming to Carnegie Hall this Spring … unless this So called Journalist Just is A bitter old Dice Hater , Than put on a Game Face to gain my Trust . Why let me Tell you pretty colorful and exciting show biz stories that have never been printed … Stories you Enjoyed, You didn’t seem bored ! But yet in Article , you Blow it off just to rehash all the old News That was all written about in my Book (The Filthy Truth). That’s old 90’s Shit . This isn’t 1990 Though , And we do have Social Media … So when some Half Ass Journalists wants to Try and Knock Someone like me Down , I can tell the Truth ! Truth is … I make No APOLOGIES FOR ANYTHING I SAY AS A COMEDIAN!!! And why say how many Hours you spent like it was painful ? You didn’t set the time , I did ! Why Start an Article With a piece of my Bit about Harvey Weinstein and making it sound like I believe in Rape ??? Are you Fucken kidding !!! My Comedy Routines on Stage are just That ! COMEDY !!! About the only thing This Lady got right , is the fact that I don’t care about POLITICAL CORRECTNESS , and I really don’t care what those kind of People think about my Comedy … I am on Stage to Reflect what Society does to Eachother in a Comedic Way ! I make Fucken Fun Of you and Me !!! So look Miss , lady ( Don’t Remember your Name ) Not gonna curse you out , too predictable. Tell ya Though …I look Stunning in Pictures ???

A post shared by Andrew Dice Clay (@andrewdiceclay) on Jan 26, 2019 at 11:23pm PST

Saying he didn’t remember the journalist’s name, he said the only thing “This Lady” got right was that he doesn’t care about political correctness. He said that he performs to reflect “what Society does to Eachother in a Comedic way.”

He ended the caption writing, “Tell ya Though … I look Stunning in Pictures.”

Despite utilizing one of President Trump’s favorite phrases in an attempt to discredit the journalist, Clay himself has criticized Trump in the past. In 2017, he said on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert that Trump had stolen his misogynistic act to become president.

“The bottom line is, what I do is an act,” Clay said at the time. “When you’re the president of these United States … we need to stay united. And somebody has to own up.”

The comedian’s Instagram posts quickly moved on from the Times profile to focus on the Screen Actors Guild Awards, which took place Sunday night. A Star Is Born, in which Clay plays Ally’s father, didn’t take home any prizes.

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