Chris D’Elia appeared on the Golden Hour podcast and addressed the fallout from allegations against him, including what he sees as false narratives and former friends in comedy who turned away. He also responded to a recent story about Turning Point USA, saying he never agreed to appear for the organization.
D’Elia said Turning Point offered him a large sum to do a show, but he never confirmed.
“They put me on the site. I didn’t confirm anything,” he said. He said he considered the money for his family but ultimately decided not to do it.
When reports later claimed Turning Point had cut ties with him, he pushed back. “None of this is true. It’s unbelievable,” he noted.
From there, D’Elia discussed how he was treated by people in his own industry after the allegations surfaced. He named Bobby Lee, Andrew Santino, and Tom Segura as comedians he once considered friends.
“I thought they were friends,” he said. “These are people that were in my industry that I thought I thought they were friends. I had liked to be with them.”
He said he does not hold ill will toward them, but he now believes they did not care. D’Elia also acknowledged that he was once a bigger name than those comedians, which may have shaped how those relationships formed.
D’Elia described the comedy business as transactional, where relationships often depend on fame, ticket sales, or podcast reach. He said going through his public controversy showed him who was real.
D’Elia also addressed why negative stories gain traction online. He said people assume that if something bad is written about someone, there must be some truth to it.
He rejected that reasoning. “That’s not true. It might be said about you and there’s not an inkling of truth.”
