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\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n Hasan Minhaj<\/strong><\/a> is speaking out.<\/p>\n The 38-year-old comedian and TV host shared a video on Thursday (October 26), in which he addressed allegations that he lied and\/or embellished stories told in past comedy stand-up specials, as explored in a New Yorker<\/a> <\/em>article.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery story in my style is built around a seed of truth. My comedy Arnold Palmer is 70% emotional truth \u2014 this happened \u2014 and then 30% hyperbole, exaggeration, fiction,\u201d he\u2019s quoted as saying in the article.<\/p>\n Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/span>In the new video, he says the profile, written by Clare Malone<\/strong>, has \u201comissions and factual errors\u201d that \u201cmisrepresented my life story, so I wanted to give people the context and materials I provided The New Yorker<\/em> with full transparency.\u201d<\/p>\n The New Yorker<\/em> issued a response, which the author shared on X: \u201cHasan Minhaj<\/strong> confirms in this video that he selectively presents information and embellishes to make a point: exactly what we reported. Our piece, which includes Minhaj<\/strong>\u2019s perspective at length, was carefully reported and fact-checked. It is based on interviews with more than twenty people, including former Patriot Act<\/em> and Daily Show<\/em> staffers; members of Minhaj<\/strong>\u2019s security team; and people who have been the subject of his standup work, including the former F.B.I. informant \u201cBrother Eric\u201d and the woman at the center of his prom-rejection story. We stand by our story.\u201d<\/p>\n Find out how this affected his chances to get the Daily Show<\/em> host job.<\/a><\/p>\n Watch his video and see the response from the author\u2026<\/p>\n