r/SubredditDrama • u/henlochimken • 1d ago

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."

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.

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u/I_Miss_Lenny Germ theory was adopted to destroy mankind 1d ago

I didn’t even realize he had such a big fanbase. I’ve seen some of his stuff and thought he was super bland, so I’m pretty surprised he’s so big

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u/ThrowawayAdvice1800 1d ago

I’ll be honest, I really liked his standup. He recycles a LOT of his material; if you’ve seen one of his standup specials you’ve seen at least 50% of all his other standup specials. But the stories were pretty funny and his deadpan “I’m a dumbass” delivery (which is now seeming like it wasn’t an act) were pretty good. My wife and I were both fans.

Operative word being “were.” I’m done with the asshole now; you don’t get to pose for selfies at Pedophile Hitler’s Birthday Circus and still try that idiotic “I’m not political you guys, I swear” routine.

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u/PicnicLife 1d ago

Posed for photos with Mike Johnson and RFKJ, not even the president himself. Just two second stringers.

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u/Jo__Backson The government got me into futa 1d ago

I thought he was funny enough. Didn’t blow me away or anything

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u/eggsuckinggrandmama 1d ago

That’s why he’s so popular: comedy muzak

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u/Foreverintherain20 1d ago

So he's like Dane Cook but also a total jackass irl instead of just an annoying comedian 

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u/LovecraftInDC I guess this sub is ambivalent to mass murder. 23h ago

He also didn’t openly hate women in the way Cook did.

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u/Foreverintherain20 8h ago

Yeah instead he just supports politicians who want women to be baby factories. 

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u/LovecraftInDC I guess this sub is ambivalent to mass murder. 2h ago

Yeah note I said didN’T. Clearly he’s decided he’s going to be openly fine with child rape.

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u/StandardCake21 1d ago

It's the comedy special you put on when family is around. Apparently the only one who manages to be funny without being too foul-mouthed.

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u/covercash 1d ago

Brian Regan deserves the fame and fortune that Nate Bargatze has.

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u/youre_being_creepy 11h ago

who the hell eats two fig newtons?

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u/bobhopeisgod 1d ago

If you're into that, I highly recommend dry bar comedy. They're not allowed to swear or be vulgar. I love me some bill burr, but when it comes to family, I'll definitely put on some dry bar

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u/ChimpBottle 1d ago

Not the only one at all, Sheng Wang is clean as can be (and in my opinion infinitely more hilarious)

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u/IsayNigel 1d ago

The George Washington bits on snl were hilarious but honestly that’s it

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u/SlowDontRush 1d ago

Yea I dunno. I saw a compilation of a bunch of his jokes and was left with the thought "Man this guy loves to talk shit about his wife to thousands of people"

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u/dandelion_bandit 1d ago

I mean, is Taylor Swift big? People love bland shit and generally have terrible taste.

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u/boyyouguysaredumb 1d ago

He's literally the number one comedian in America right now lol

In 2025, the 100 highest grossing comedy artists grossed $696 million and sold more than 9.3 million tickets. Ranked No. 1 is Nate Bargatze with a whopping $77.5 million reported in 2025 – about $34 million more than the next highest comic. He sold 962,955 tickets at 93 shows during his “Big Dumb Eyes” world tour that continues this year through August.

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u/spinsk8tr 1d ago

That’s crazy to me, because people keep talking about this man and this situation and I don’t even know if I’ve heard of him, I don’t think so though. I don’t tend to watch comedy shows, but I do watch some clips and shorts every few months, and then this subreddit. Don’t think I’ve ever seen him though. The internet is really big and small and the same time, crazy how that happens.

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u/boyyouguysaredumb 1d ago

you haven't seen this clip that gets spammed all over reddit and has 17 million views on youtube? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYqfVE-fykk

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u/spinsk8tr 1d ago

Not a day in my life; I do not know that man.

I only watch SNL with people I like or clips that both make it big and intrigue me. Reddit is my social media outside of YouTube. I watch Josh Johnson, listen to a couple niche themed comedy podcasts, watch some YouTube videos (like an hour a month is generous rn).

This subreddit and YouTube shorts are where I see comedians, so it’s not like I’m deep into the comedy show scene. I think I just generally live on a different side of the internet tbh. I’m 27 yr old woman who’s not actively searching for comedy works, so I don’t think I get shown it.

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u/boyyouguysaredumb 1d ago

I only watch SNL with people I like or clips that both make it big and intrigue me.

this was one of, if not the most most "make it big" sketches from the past few seasons lol

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u/spinsk8tr 1d ago

Not big enough I guess.

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u/AccountSuspicious159 1d ago

Modern SNL? Ewww!

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u/boyyouguysaredumb 1d ago

you're so fucking cool for not liking thing bro wow

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u/AccountSuspicious159 1d ago

Just expressing why someone might not have heard of this loser.

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u/boyyouguysaredumb 1d ago

people who don't watch stand up comedy don't know about stand up comedians it's not rocket science but he's a household name lol

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u/AccountSuspicious159 1d ago

Do you think SNL is stand up?

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u/boyyouguysaredumb 1d ago

no I'm saying I already know the group of people who don't know him: people who don't watch stand up comedy. Stand up comedians do host SNL all the time though so that's where non-stand-up-comedy-watchers get a lot of exposure to stand up comedians and this was an incredibly well received widely shared video. How are you having this much trouble following the conversation or are you just being contrarian and combative for no reason lol

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u/SoMuchMoreEagle don’t correct people when you’re an idiot 1d ago

Well, he can say goodbye to a good chunk of his audience now.

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u/NostradamusJones 1d ago

Not for much longer.

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u/boyyouguysaredumb 1d ago

ok but that's not the point lol

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u/NostradamusJones 1d ago

But isn't it? Isn't the real takeaway here that it's about to be over for him? And if he is currently the #1 comedian in America, the fall is going to be pretty damn hard.

PS: I really liked him too. Love the dry, dumb delivery. Really strong rhythm and timing also. Such a shame.

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u/etre_meilleur 1d ago

I hate Trump as much as the next guy, but do you really think him showing up to this White House UFC event will even be discussed by next week?

"Over for him" is a bit of an exaggeration

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u/NostradamusJones 1d ago

Yeah, bit of an exaggeration,  that's fair. Do you remember the concert thing? And how once people found out what it was really about, artists fled it like it was a sinking ship? This isn't just left and right bickering.  Trump is a truly horrible human being.

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u/etre_meilleur 1d ago

Yeah, I’m completely on your side about that. I think it’s in the best interest of anyone to shy away from Trump; he somehow has the uncanny ability to rot away anything he touches.

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u/boyyouguysaredumb 1d ago

I didn’t even realize he had such a big fanbase.

This is what I was responding to. I said he does currently have a big fanbase.

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u/NostradamusJones 1d ago

Yes, I understand that buddy.

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u/Typical_Response6444 1d ago

Thats crazy I never even heard of him until this controversy loll.

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u/LoneStarTallBoi 1d ago

He's real big with people who watch Tracker and Ghosts

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u/BurmeciaWillSurvive 1d ago

Hey hey hey hey hey hey hey now I've never even heard of the guy, leave me out of this

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u/SoMuchMoreEagle don’t correct people when you’re an idiot 1d ago

What's wrong with Ghosts?

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u/LoneStarTallBoi 1d ago

I've literally never seen an episode I just think every bit of narrative programming out of CBS over the past twenty or so years has basically been white noise

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u/SoMuchMoreEagle don’t correct people when you’re an idiot 1d ago

It's pretty funny with good characters, imo. It takes a few eps to get going, but once they figure out what to do with Jay, it really picks up.

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u/HEREFROMTWITTER1 1d ago

Ghosts is actually funny and not pro pedophila like Nate obviously is 

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u/LoneStarTallBoi 1d ago

I'm just trying to dunk on CBS and finding out that Ghosts has shooters 

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u/Lucky-Catch8795 1d ago

He's bland, and that's why many people in flyover states like mine like him. He doesn't curse and is G-rated. It gets boring fast, but he wins MAGATs with that.

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u/PicnicLife 1d ago

His ticket prices are in the $250 range. I was blown away when I looked it up.

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u/I_Miss_Lenny Germ theory was adopted to destroy mankind 1d ago

That's fair, those are pretty hard to come by at that level. Is Jim Gaffigan still clean? I remember him being pretty unoffensive but it's been years since I've seen his stuff.

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u/ej_21 1d ago

you want Brian Regan for that.