Stand-up comedian Matt Rife’s sarcastic response to critics calling him out for making a domestic violence joke has been branded “disrespectful” and “offensive”.
Rife, whose viral crowd work interaction videos have earned him a massive social media following, recently scored his first Netflix comedy special after self-releasing his material on YouTube.
However, his streaming debut became embroiled in controversy after the 28-year-old comedian opened the special, titled Natural Selection, with a joke about domestic abuse.