Jena Friedman Returns (Again!): ‘Not Funny’

<p>Jena Friedman wants you to know that she’s in on the joke. And in her new book of essays, pointedly titled <a href="https://amzn.to/3MI01HU" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Not Funny,’</a> she deftly demonstrates how she has become one of the most uncompromising comedic voices of her generation, from her days as a field producer on ‘The Daily Show,’ to her Oscar-nominated writing on <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sacha-baron-cohen-exposes-america/id1456474041?i=1000440578641" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sacha Baron Cohen</a>’s ‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,’ to her first hour-long stand-up ‘Ladykiller,’ in which she delivered some killer abortion jokes while pregnant with her first child. In her third appearance on the podcast, Friedman holds nothing back, spilling tea about her negative experience with James Corden, revealing why she decided to turn the tables on male comedians like Jon Stewart and <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/jim-gaffigan-on-trump-fox-news-metoo-and-god/id1456474041?i=1000525532517" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jim Gaffigan</a> by asking them the offensive questions female comedians tend to get in interviews and discussing that time <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bill-burr-doesnt-care-about-your-outrage/id1456474041?i=1000450087069" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bill Burr</a> “told on himself” by responding to her tweets about predatory comics.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Follow Jena Friedman on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/JenaFriedman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@JenaFriedman</a> and Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jenafriedman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@jenafriedman</a></p><p>Follow Matt Wilstein on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/mattwilstein" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mattwilstein</a></p><p>Follow The Last Laugh on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lastlaughpod/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@lastlaughpod