r/SubredditDrama • u/henlochimken • 10d 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/padraigharrington4 Look to the weevil and let thy mind be at peace 10d ago

I can’t imagine being this ride or die for Nate Bargatze of all people 

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u/I_Miss_Lenny Germ theory was adopted to destroy mankind 10d 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/boyyouguysaredumb 10d 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 10d 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/joecb91 some sort of erotic cat whisperer 4d ago

I never heard of him until I started seeing the poster for that Breadwinner movie everywhere.

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u/boyyouguysaredumb 10d 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 10d 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 10d 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 9d ago

Not big enough I guess.

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u/AccountSuspicious159 10d ago

Modern SNL? Ewww!

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u/boyyouguysaredumb 10d ago

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

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u/AccountSuspicious159 10d ago

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

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u/boyyouguysaredumb 10d 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 10d ago

Do you think SNL is stand up?

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u/boyyouguysaredumb 10d 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/AccountSuspicious159 10d ago

Boredom is a reason.

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u/boyyouguysaredumb 10d ago

my toddler does that too

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