What is Ari Shaffir’s net worth?
Ari Shaffir is a standup comedian and actor who has a net worth of $2 million. He hosted and produced the TV series ”This Is Not Happening.” He rose to fame courtesy of the hidden camera series ”The Amazing Racist.”
He was born on February 12, 1974, in New York City, New York, USA.
His dad, Nat Shaffir, was originally from Iași, Romania. Nat moved to the United States in 1961.
Ari went to high school in Rockville, Maryland. After high school, Shaffir studied in a yeshiva in Jerusalem for two years.
In 1999, Shaffir earned a degree in English Literature from the University of Maryland.
He started his career at the Comedy Store in LA, where he was a doorman.
In 2004, Ari started the series “The Amazing Racist.” Later, Shaffir began touring with Eddie Bravo, Brian Redban, Tom Segura, Duncan Trussell, Joey Diaz, and Joe Rogan.
In 2009, he appeared in one episode of ”Just for Laughs.”
In early 2011, Ari began recording his podcast, Ari Shaffir’s Skeptic Tank.
In 2012, Shaffir released ”Revenge for the Holocaust.” It went to #1 on both Amazon.com and iTunes charts the week of its premiere. Also in 2012, Ari had a minor role in the movie West Side Stories.
In February 2013, Ari released his first one-hour special, “Passive Aggressive.” In the same year, Ari, alongside Jayson Thibault and Sam Tripoli, started to host the sports podcast ”Punch Drunk Sports.”
From 2013 to 2018, Shaffir served as the host and creator of the show ”This Is Not Happening.”
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In January 2015, his second one-hour stand-up special, “Paid Regular,” premiered on Comedy Central.
”This one has way more of the feel of an actual club show,” Ari told TimeOut about Paid Regular in 2015. He added: ”At filmings, they always take a cool room, then turn all the lights up and take half the seats out and you’re like, well, now it’s not the same room!”
In 2015, Ari starred in the comedy ”Happy F**King Valentine’s Day from Ari Shaffir.”
In 2016, Shaffir performed in Twentieth Century Fox’s comedy Keeping Up With The Joneses.
In 2017, he released the Netflix special – Double Negative. It is presented in two 45 minute episodes titled ”Children” and ”Adulthood.”
Backlash after his Kobe Bryant jokes
Following the death of Kobe Bryant in January 2020, Shaffir was dropped by his talent agency after he made some jokes about the LA Lakers legend.
“Kobe Bryant died 23 years too late today,” Shaffir wrote on Twitter. ”He got away with rape because all the Hollywood liberals who attack comedy enjoy rooting for the Lakers more than they dislike rape.”
”Maybe he wouldn’t have raped that chick in Denver if he’d stayed with the Hornets,” Shaffir wrote on Instagram.
”That’s just dark comedy,” he later apologized. He added: ”It ain’t for everybody, so I don’t post it for everybody. I post it for my followers who are into that kind of comedy.”
Note – in 2003, Kobe was arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old hotel Colorado employee.
His January 28 show at the NY Comedy Club was also canceled.
”He needed to know that there are consequences for just saying ridiculous s— that you’re not supposed to say when people die,” Joe Rogan said in an episode of his podcast.
Wife/Girlfriend
Ari Shaffir is not married. Also, there is no information about Ari Shaffir’s current girlfriend. Shaffir was previously in a relationship with Alison Reese.
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Quotes
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”I’m like an overgrown child! I don’t know how to do anything.”
”I have a running daydream about winning an Oscar and giving my speech about how ridiculous it is to rank art.”
”If you want only positive comments, that is okay too, I can guide you to them sometimes.”
”If you like a conversational style of comedy, if you like comedy that’s a little dangerous, I’m your guy.”
”There are a lot of guys who have really good stories, but Joey Diaz always has great stories.”
Height
Ari Shaffir is 6 ft 2 in (187 cm) tall.
Trivia
Ari frequently tours with Joe Rogan.
He cites Bill Burr as his favorite living comedian.
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Net Worth
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So, how much is Ari Shaffir worth?
Shaffir earned most of his wealth from releasing his stand-up specials (Double Negative, Paid Regular, Passive Aggressive, and Revenge for the Holocaust), comedy shows, and serving as the producer of This Is Not Happening.
He hosts the “Ari Shaffir’s Skeptic Tank” podcast, which averages more than 100,000 weekly downloads.
Ari also performed in Keeping Up with the Joneses, inAPPropriate Comedy, Funny as Hell, Pauly Shore’s Natural Born Komics, Minding the Store, Reeling in Reality, Natural Born Komics, and The Fax.
You can buy tickets to his comedy shows at https://www.arishaffir.com/tour.
Therefore, American comedian Ari Shaffir has an estimated net worth of $2 million.
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