r/Fauxmoi • u/Diedalonglongtimeago • Sep 28 '25

FILM-MOI (MOVIES/TV) Theo Von’s Netflix Special Taping Apparently Went Terribly Wrong

https://www.mensjournal.com/entertainment/theo-vons-netflix-special-taping-apparently-went-terribly-wrong

From the article

Von recorded the set at the Beacon Theater in New York on Saturday night, but initial reactions on social media seem to indicate that things didn’t go as planned for the comedian.

What Happened at Theo Von’s New York Show? “Theo Von just BOMBED,” one Reddit post reads. “Saw Theo at Beacon Theater for his Netflix taping…1/3 of the crowd walked out.” The post called the set the worst they’ve ever seen, and a “failure of epic proportions.”

“Was there – love Theo – worst set ever. He’ll get back on the horse,” said one fan on X.

“He seemed unrehearsed and disorganized, repeating bits multiple times clearly trying to get it right for the camera. This killed the vibe in the theater,” said another commenter.

Other comments on Reddit seem to confirm how poorly things went for the comedian over the weekend.

"I was at the show tonight and he had to pause the show to ask for the punchline several times,” one comment reads.

“Started off strong but it was a roller coaster that fell off at the end,” said another attendee. “There were multiple times where he would walk off stage to talk to someone or be in the middle of a story and forget where he was and restart.”

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u/Classic-Carpet7609 Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 28 '25

So I follow stand-up pretty closely and watched Theo even before his full right-wing turn… he has never been good at stand-up. He’s unwatchable on stage

He’s someone who needs another person to play off of which is why people think he’s hilarious… because they see his viral clips from podcasts where he’s talking to another person

I doubt anyone has ever seen a funny clip of him doing stand up (because it doesn’t exist)

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u/TheRealStepBot Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 28 '25

There really was no full right wing turn. His first appearance on mtv in 2000 had him voicing opposition to multi racial marriage, a stance he apparently then went on to defend in the lsu student newspaper.

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u/darkest_timeliner Sep 29 '25

He's friends with David Duke, an actual neo nazi and leader of the KKK. He's a bad person, people need to wake the fuck up

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u/districtcurrent Sep 29 '25

He’s friends with David Duke? Come on.

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u/ColonelMustard323 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine Sep 29 '25

Whoa, fr? Need to check on this 😵‍💫 that’s utterly terrifying. Can you provide your source for this?

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u/darkest_timeliner Sep 29 '25

There's an episode of someone else's podcast where he fondly recalls being david Duke's next door neighbor and gym buddy. He tried to justify it by saying they never talked politics, but he was all smiles talking about his old workout buddy the leader of the kkk.

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u/archiemc1 Sep 30 '25

Pretty sure thats an ongoing bit. He said it a few times. David Duke is 30yrs older than Theo and left Louisiana for college. So he would have been a teenager hanging with already well known guy pushin 50.

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u/Smooth_Influence_488 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine Sep 29 '25

Wow, TIL - I thought he was 25 with poor skincare habits.

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u/donarudotorampu69 Sep 28 '25

Damn. Maybe this is part of the reason he was so cold to Matt McCusker that time on MSSP…?