Slapstick comedian Nikki Glaser stated on Wednesday she is anxious that making anti-Trump jokes whereas touring overseas might forestall her from being allowed again into the US.
Throughout a latest interview with Time journal commemorating the outlet’s TIME100 listing, Glaser stated she feared that the anti-Trump jokes she made when doing stand-up in Canada might have led to her being blocked from returning residence.
“Oh my God. What if what I said gets recorded and sent out? Maybe I could not be let back into the country,” she informed Time deputy editor Kelly Conniff.
Glaser, who was named to Time’s 100 most influential individuals of 2025 listing, talked about that whereas she doesn’t often get too political to keep away from alienating followers, she closely criticized President Donald Trump whereas she was doing her present in Canada.
“In Canada, it was fun. And I let it fly. It was really good,” she stated. Nonetheless, the entertainer admitted to second guessing whether or not the anti-Trump materials was a sensible transfer.
She recalled a latest incident involving a comic buddy of hers who had been getting into the US from Canada.
“I have a friend, Jena Friedman, who posted on Instagram that she was performing in Vancouver and when she came back, Customs asked her what she did. She said she was a comedian, and they asked her if she talked about politics and made fun of the president,” the comedian acknowledged.
Friedman, a comic and former producer on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show”, shared on Instagram earlier this month that she was questioned about political jokes when returning to America from Vancouver.
She wrote, “Just a heads up to anyone traveling internationally right now, I was flying back into LA from Vancouver last night and the US customs agent asked what I was in town for and after I told him I was in town performing comedy, he asked, ‘Do you make fun of politicians?’”
Friedman continued, “It was a brief exchange and I got through, but be careful out there. Know your rights and proceed with caution.”
Throughout the Time interview, Glaser famous that Friedman didn’t face something greater than the questions, however famous how uneasy it made her really feel about her personal materials.
“They let her go, but they asked. I’m not trying to be an alarmist, but I definitely don’t think that I am immune to having some kind of backlash or that I could be put on some kind of list because of some story I reposted,” she stated. “Look at other places that have dictators. You’re not allowed to say bad things about them.”
US Customs and Border Safety didn’t instantly reply to Fox Information Digital’s request for remark.
