Hasan Minhaj Defends “Emotional Truth” of Stand-Up After Claims Some Material Was Embellished

Hasan Minhaj says “all my standup stories are based on events that happened to me” after a

found that some of the details in his onstage anecdotes, like those featured in his Netflix stand-up specials, may have been made up.

Stories that The New Yorker found didn’t necessarily play out as he presented them include jokes involving one of his children and their possible exposure to anthrax and an alleged interaction with police and an FBI…