Hasan Minhaj Reveals He Lost ‘Daily Show’ Job After Admitting He Fabricated Stories About Being Persecuted For Being Muslim
Of the backlash and slander he received, Minhaj said, it "was painful, there’s no doubt about It…It was the first time I saw the speed and velocity of the Internet, how quickly a story can take off. That part of it was very new to me and disorienting.