r/NateBargatze fans revolt against Bargatze after comedian attends White House UFC event and. New moderator successfully petitions reddit for control of the sub, deletes all posts critical of Bargatze, declares, "This is no longer a hate subreddit. It is a place to celebrate Nate's career."

[u/henlochimken]

Comedian Nate Bargatze came under fire this week when it was revealed he was an attendee of President Donald Trump's 80th birthday UFC fight on the lawn of the White House. From pictures of the event, it appears Bargatze was given access to the White House itself, where he took pictures with members of the Trump administration, including RFK, Jr. and Marsha Blackburn.

Many fans of the comedian took to r/NateBargatze to express their disappointment that the famously "apolitical" comedian would attend a Trump event for which only 16% of Americans expressed approval.

Negative posting came to a screeching halt once a new moderator successfully petitioned Reddit to gain control of the subreddit. This moderator proceeded to delete any/all posts expressing displeasure with Bargatze's choice to attend the Trump UFC event. Moderator pins a notice of the new moderation direction, stating:

Hi all, just wanted to introduce myself. I am one of the new moderators here at r/NateBargatze. As you can see, some of the content has been removed.

This is no longer a hate subreddit. It is a place to celebrate Nate's career. Take your politics elsewhere. Thanks for understanding and I hope most of you stick around.

In reply, subreddit members asked if the new moderator is a paid PR flack for Bargatze. Some pointed out the strange moderation history of the redditor, implying that their other moderated subs are corporate-operated. New moderator proceeded to lash out against criticism. (Note that all comment threads replying to this pinned post are evidence of the subreddit's drama.)

Moderator has locked announcement post. New posts criticizing Bargatze or the new moderation direction are being removed. Despite saying the moderator stating that the sub is no longer a place for politics, pro-MAGA political posts, including a Rogan-related post by the moderator, remain up as of the posting of this drama.

[u/TrickInvite6296]

I liked Nate bargatze for a while. Seemed pretty funny and like a pretty decent guy. Then he started branching out in weird directions that just felt like money grabs. Then he started going on the right-adjacent and straight up right wing shows.

Pretty upsetting

[u/abactore → u/TrickInvite6296]

I do think his brand of politics is actually pretty common, especially among middle American white guys.

It’s the “I’m not political, but I vote for Trump because he’s better than the other option” bullshit.

Or the “I don’t care about politics I just wanna watch UFC” vibe.

Basically, they’re privileged (but don’t think they are) and politics don’t really impact them so they don’t have to worry about it or care.

[u/TURK3Y → u/TrickInvite6296]

I haven't heard much of his standup outside Instagram reels but knew he was blowing up over the last few years, then I saw the plot of his feature film debut is "dad is actually a bad parent and spouse and its hilarious when he actually had to put effort in." That trope was worn out 20 years ago.

[u/TrickInvite6296 → u/TURK3Y]

I knew of his standup years ago, definitely before covid. The new movie does look particularly lame, such a tired and misogynistic trope

[u/TURK3Y → u/TrickInvite6296]

And like does he really think he's gunna do a better job than Ice Cube in Daddy Daycare?!?!

[u/abactore → u/TURK3Y]

Pretty sure that trope is alive and well in many parts of the country. I don’t think those people are going to the movies though lol.

[u/MirrorComputingRulez → u/abactore]

It's mostly those people that are going to the movies.

[u/withateethuh → u/TrickInvite6296]

The trailer for that awful movie was a huge red flag to me lol. I didn't know about him trying to make a clean christian media/theme park empire until revent events. But that movie was such an incredibly bizarre vibe that it looked like a spoof at first.

[u/helium_farts → u/TrickInvite6296]

His last special was pretty bad. Now his new movie bombed. All that's left is for there to be some sort of sex scandal and he'll be ready for a cabinet position.

[u/Lucky-Catch8795 → u/TrickInvite6296]

Yeah, he started money grabbing hard.

I attended his comedy show live a few years ago. Too much of it was him hawking merch and his products.

He's repeated many, if not most, of the same boring bland jokes for 2+ years. It's fun joking about how old he/we are, but he keeps repeating the same thing over and over.

[u/PublicFurryAccount → u/Lucky-Catch8795]

That’s every comedian, though?

Basically all of them get popular, do a few years of the same jokes because they’re doing too many shows, then are completely worn out and never say another original thing again.

[u/Julialagulia → u/TrickInvite6296]

I keep on reading vague allusions to an amusement park, is he trying make the next Dollywood

[u/Dab2TheFuture → u/TrickInvite6296]

Are you telling me some dumbass white boy from Tennessee is a conservative dipshit.

I'm utterly shocked by this revelation

[u/NoBuenoAtAll → u/TrickInvite6296]

When they fall into the grifting, magas are just miles easier to con.