What Happened At The Mark Normand Show? A Viral Stunt That Still Doesn't Make Sense
By Emily Bell
Then again, perhaps HiHi was onto something because now everyone's talking about Mark Normand. He's a pretty successful comedian, having done sets on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" and "Conan." He also had a Netflix special, titled "Soup to Nuts," come out in 2023, which could easily rank among the funniest stand-up specials to air on Netflix. His name's now everywhere, but naturally, he also had to respond to the incident, albeit in a far cheekier manner than the New York Comedy Club.
Normand posted a statement to Instagram stories, which the New York Post reuploaded. It's close to the previous declaration about how it was a stunt from HiHi, but he adds, "I had no prior knowledge that this was going to happen." As a comedian, he couldn't help but have a little fun, and off to the side, he mentions how the post came from his publicist. If it's true Normand wasn't in the know, it's a bit disappointing that he wasn't able to finish his set. On the other hand, Normand has plenty of tour dates in the near future, and people may be inclined to buy tickets now to see if anything else out of left field happens at a future show.
But if you'll allow us to get a bit conspiratorial, there may be something more going on here. Perhaps the stunt wasn't to promote Mark Normand at all. Maybe it's all in the name of ... Amazon Prime Video's "Mr. & Mrs. Smith." Come with us down the rabbit hole ...
