Adam Carolla never wanted to be the conservative comedian. Yet here he is.

A few years ago, in the thick of covid, Judd Apatow reached out to his friend Adam Carolla and politely suggested he try to pipe down a bit. As the nightly news reported on the latest wave of deaths, Carolla on Twitter and his podcast was maintaining steady attacks on Anthony Fauci (calling the health official a “compromised liar”) and denouncing the shutdown of schools.