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The Resume

    (February 11, 1966- )
    Born in Fontenay-aux-Roses, Hauts-de-Seine, France
    Birth name was Dieudonné M’bala-M’bala
    Cameroonian father, Euro-French mother
    Comedian and political activist
    Candidate in legislative elections in Dreux (commune of northern France, 1997 and 2001)
    Name loosely translates from the French as ‘God-given’

Why he might be annoying:

    ‘I’ve been able to laugh at everything except Jews. I realized that it was forbidden to laugh about them.’
    He described the Holocaust as ‘memorial pornography.’
    His signature hand gesture – the ‘quenelle,’ or horizontally straight arm facing fully downward – drew comparisons to an inverted Nazi salute.
    While he claims not to be anti-Semitic, analysis of his interviews and shows points to a belief that Jews are privileged brats.
    Having at least eight anti-Semitic charges doesn’t help, either.
    Two separate sets of Montreal shows were canceled on grounds of ‘contractual conflicts’ (2012) and prior criminal convictions (2016).

Why he might not be annoying:

    ‘I am the king’s jester. And the jester is the one who puts his finger on certain truths that the court doesn’t want to hear.’
    He made two runs at the French presidential election (2002 and 2007), the latter of which failed for lack of necessary funding.
    He named Jean Marie Le Pen as godfather to his third kid.
    He draws a large number of young disaffected blacks and Arabs to his shows.
    The New Yorker described him as a cross between Lenny Bruce and Sacha Baron Cohen.
    He has four other children, all by his show producer.

Credit: Cool It All Right?


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 9 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying