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Yesterday, the very funny Kumail Nanjiani and Thomas Middleditch, stars of “Silicon Valley,” had their own real-life moment that could have easily been one of the more outlandish plots from the hit HBO show.
Except not.
Here’s the account, better told by them:
Was at a bar last night with @Middleditch. At the end of the night, 2 white dudes, 20's, who'd been there for hours came up to us.
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) November 12, 2016
"We're big fans of you guys. (To Thomas) I trolled you on twitter yesterday." He goes on to say how we're wrong about Trump.
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) November 12, 2016
I go "Hey we don't wanna discuss politics right now." His friends goes "oh they're cucks." Then starts yelling at us. "CUCKS CUCKS CUCKS!"
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) November 12, 2016
He starts getting in my face. Thomas puts his hand on the dude's chest to stop him. "Don't touch me you cuck. Wanna go outside?"
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) November 12, 2016
At this point, the bouncer runs over, grabs them, kicks them out. The bartender is awesome & apologetic. Thomas & I are stunned.
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) November 12, 2016
This happened at a bar in LA surrounded by ppl. I can't imagine what it must be like to be someone who looks like me in other parts.
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) November 12, 2016
We can't let hate/racism/bigotry/sexism be normalized. If something happens, be safe, but let it be known we won't stand for this.
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) November 12, 2016
For those who don’t know, “cuck” is an insulting term used by the alt-right, derived from “cuckold,” which is basically a word to describe a man whose wife cheats on him. Cuck means a sell-out or a man who alters his manly views for a woman’s approval. It’s incomprehensibly stupid, but that has not stopped people from using it and thinking it’s super clever. It’s not.
Or as Middleditch put it:
Know what? Now that I think about it, I'm totally cuck. Proud of it. Cuck as fuck -- wouldn't want it any other way.
— Thomas Middleditch (@Middleditch) November 13, 2016
And, no surprise, Nanjiani got blowback from the trolls of Twitter, who really seem to relish their cruel stupidity, and he handled it with humor.
I like the ppl that don't believe me, as if I'm like "it's great that I'm on an HBO show but my true passion is to be yelled at in a bar."
— Kumail Nanjiani (@kumailn) November 12, 2016
Long, prolonged sigh.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.
