Comedian Andrew Schulz has accused the Brooklyn Academy of Music of pulling the plug on the taping of his scheduled stand-up special just hours after he hosted former President Donald Trump on his podcast.
The Big Apple-based comic said he had booked shows at BAM over a month ago — but learned he was no longer welcome there just a week before tickets were due to go on sale.
“Three and a half hours after the [Trump] interview, they canceled the shows,” Schulz, 40, said Wednesday on his popular podcast, “Flagrant.”
“F–k them and f–k them forever,” he said.
Schulz shared an email from BAM telling him that his November shows had been canceled — with only a vague explanation: “After some internal discussions with leadership, it was decided that BAM is not the right fit for this show at this time.”
Schulz said he doesn’t know for certain that it was based on his Trump interview, “But the day before it came out we were ready to go and we were going on sale this week,” he said.
“We’ve had this venue locked in for … a month now. It’s not like we might do it here — It’s booked, it’s ready to go, we’re going on sale this week,” he added.
A producer of the “Flagrant” podcast speculated that it could not have been over Schulz’s comedy because venue leadership had reviewed his planned material and been “touched” by it.
“This felt personal,” the producer said.
Schulz is now struggling to find a new venue to shoot his special as soon as possible, which is difficult to do on such short notice.
The Brooklyn Academy of Music did not immediately respond to a request for comment early Thursday.
Trump’s appearance on “Flagrant” has drawn more than 4.6 million views since it was posted on YouTube last week, leading the podcaster to predict the former commander-in-chief will win next month’s election “by a landslide.”
“My vote was up for grabs. The board of BAM has really pushed me in a direction. We have to stop this censorship,” he joked.
Schulz also invited Vice President Kamala Harris to appear, but her team did not seem particularly “enthusiastic” about the idea, he said.