Andrew Schulz, Jimmy Kimmel and Kendrick Lamar Kevin Mazur/Getty Images; lberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images; Steve Granitz/WireImage
Andrew Schulz is no stranger to offending … well … everyone.
The stand-up comedian has turned his opinions on race, sexuality and politics into his personal brand, which has caused plenty of controversy throughout his career. Schulz’s inflammatory comedy routines have sparked shocking celebrity feuds with the likes of Jimmy Kimmel and Kendrick Lamar, all the while creating intense debate over whether his intentionally offensive statements cross the line of good taste. As Schulz’s fame and influence have grown, thanks to his Netflix comedy specials and hit podcasts “The Brilliant Idiots” and “Flagrant,” he has become one of the most controversial figures in comedy today.
Following the release of Schulz’s latest Netflix special Life on March 4, keep scrolling for a look back at some of his most controversial moments:
Kendrick Lamar
Schulz unexpectedly found himself involved in Drake and Lamar’s notorious beef when Lamar seemingly referenced him on a 2024 diss track without directly naming the comedian. Lamar was reportedly upset over Schulz making light of a so-called “Black girlfriend effect” on his “Flagrant” podcast, where he commented on men who “get slapped” by their Black girlfriends.
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On Lamar’s GNX track “Wacced Out Murals,” he told listeners: “Don’t let no white comedian talk about no Black woman, that’s law / I know propaganda work for them and f— whoever that’s close to them.” In an additional verse, Lamar raps: “And to the n—– that coon, the n—– that bein’ groomed, slide on both of them.”
Schulz fired back by accusing Lamar of advocating violence against his podcast cohosts Charlamagne and Alex Media with his “Wacced Out Murals” lyrics. He addressed the beef on The Breakfast Club radio show in March 2025, where he denied any suggestion that he was “a big bully” towards Lamar.
“I’m thinking, and the world is thinking, he’s talking about Charlamagne and Alex Media, the two Black dudes that are on the show. So once you tell people to kill my friends, you get whatever I give you,” Schulz later said on the “Armchair Expert” podcast.
He went on, “You don’t tell your fans to kill two of my friends or slide or assault or whatever it is, even if it’s not serious, you’re putting that energy out there. So don’t be surprised if you get some energy back.”
Schulz also criticized Lamar’s fans for accusing him of racism simply because of his beef with the hip-hop icon.
“It’s about as playful as a f— you, I’ll kick your ass, that be done. But now I’m really worried about you because I’m like, ‘Well, he thinks that he’s a rational person,’” he complained. “Kendrick is a national treasure. He’s a Pulitzer Prize winning, couldn’t be more talented or loved. And I’m going, ‘Bro, is this the fight you’re going to pick? We gotta pick our battles. Is this the one?’ You were fine.”
50 Cent
Schulz’s controversial jokes about sexually assaulting Lamar were referenced by 50 Cent during an interview on the “Flagrant” podcast in December 2024.
On his “Brilliant Idiots” podcast, Schulz controversially responded to Lamar’s diss track by saying, “I would make love to [Kendrick] and there’s nothing he could do about it. Just Kendrick Lamar, I would make love to him. And the only thing that he could do is decide if it’s consensual or not.”
50 Cent brought up those controversial remarks in a face-to-face conversation with Schulz, where he asked why the comic would resort to making such a threat.
“I’m a fan of your work, but I don’t understand what got into you that made you say you was gonna f— Kendrick,” the rapper asked.
50 Cent appeared to make light of the situation in an equally-controversial manner, telling Schulz, “This is from years and years of trauma. This comes from abuse, from the neighborhood that I grew up in.”
Despite their disagreement, 50 Cent said it was “crazy” for people to “write petitions” trying to cancel Schulz for his public feud with Lamar.
“Look, I follow comedic culture. I watch the comedians. I enjoy them on another level. You are comedic,” 50 Cent said, before adding: “When I watch them [comedians], I look and I go, there’s no point that you could do something that actually damages what they’ve developed.”
Ableism
Schulz has been criticized for routinely using ableist language – particularly the R-word – on his podcast, in comedy routines and in promotion of his viral clips.
The most notorious example came when Schulz invoked the R-word while describing faulty embryos during his IVF journey with wife Emma Turner. The couple welcomed their son, Shiloh Jean Schulz, in February 2024.
Schulz was challenged over the anecdote during a March 2025 appearance on the “Armchair Expert” podcast by hosts Dax Shepard and Monica Padman.
“I can say [the R-word] because they’re my embryos,” Schulz said. “If I have r—— embryos, I can call them whatever I want. They’re mine.”
Padman argued that Schulz’s defense was disingenuous because he doesn’t actually have special needs children and, thus, could upset parents who are genuinely dealing with those issues.
“It depends how they feel about it,” Schulz countered. “If they see it and they’re like, ’Hey, that really hurt me and made me feel really uncomfortable.’ Then in that personal interaction, I’ll feel bad that somebody was hurt by it, a person. … I don’t feel bad about people telling me to feel bad on behalf of people that we don’t even know if they feel bad.”
Jimmy Kimmel
Schulz ended up on the outs with one of his acknowledged comedy heroes due to Kimmel’s feud with NFL star Aaron Rodgers. Kimmel and Rodgers have a long-standing squabble that reignited in 2024 when the athlete suggested the Jimmy Kimmel Live! host was worried about the names on Jeffrey Epstein’s flight logs. Rodgers subsequently clarified that he was not “accusing” Kimmel of having any connection with the convicted child sex offender.
Schulz suggested Kimmel was wrongly perpetuating his feud with Rodgers, before insisting that the late-night host would eventually regret how he handled the beef.
“Aaron never said he was on the list,” Schulz said to his podcast co-host Charlamagne in January 2024.
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Schulz expressed his opinion on the “Armchair Expert” podcast in March 2025 that Kimmel was hypocritical for taking offense to Rodgers’ joke since he routinely mocks celebrities and politicians on his ABC show.
“I felt like he started with jokes, and then Aaron had a joke, and then I think Jimmy got some real life circumstances that affected him. I think he got some death threats and that kind of s—,” Schulz argued. “There’s a lot of crazy people out there. Then he made it not about jokes. I was like, ‘Yo, you opened the door with jokes.’ He responded with jokes. And then you were like, ‘What you’re doing is dangerous.’”
Schulz continued, “Jimmy is always someone who I’ve looked at and admired. He has iconic TV shows, comedy history. That to me, I felt a little let down. You clown this guy on national TV, on one of the biggest shows, he clipped you back. To me, I’m like, ‘That doesn’t seem fair.’”
Racism
Schulz addressed the subject of racism during a March 2025 discussion with former NFL star Shannon Sharpe on the “Club Shay Shay” podcast.
The comedian was discussing his jokes with his friends when he insisted that he’d consider someone “a cornball” if they’d never said something “f—ed up” to him.
Asked by Sharpe if Schulz’s “Black friends” feel the same way, the comic replied: “Yeah … I always say, with Black people, if a white person isn’t like a little racist around you, then you shouldn’t trust them.”
“If he’s not a little racist around you, because what is he thinking?” Schulz went on. “He’s thinking way more racist shit over here. They’ve got to be a little racist.”
Sharpe seemed unamused, telling Schulz to “keep [those thoughts] to himself.” Schulz faced yet more backlash for his “Club Shay Shay” appearance, with critics accusing him of trivializing racism for an easy laugh.
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