Festivals Drop Reggie Watts, Comedy Bang! Bang! Cuts 15-Year Theme After Abuse Allegations
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Updated · Rolling Stone · Aug 24
Festivals Drop Reggie Watts, Comedy Bang! Bang! Cuts 15-Year Theme After Abuse Allegations
3 articles · Updated · Rolling Stone · Aug 24
Summary
Shambala and Greenbelt festivals removed Reggie Watts from this week’s lineups, while Comedy Bang! Bang! replaced his long-running intro with a generic voice on Monday.
The pullbacks followed Rolling Stone’s report that loved ones of late ex-girlfriend Katherine McCollough and five other women accused Watts of encouraging drug use, crossing boundaries and acting abusively.
Greenbelt confirmed Watts would no longer appear; a Bristol run with collaborator CAPYAC was also canceled over the weekend, though organizers and venues gave no public explanation.
Watts’ attorney called any claim he caused McCollough’s March suicide “dangerously false” and denied he was an abusive boyfriend, while not directly addressing all of the other women’s allegations.