After he was accused of allegedly plagiarizing American and Canadian stand-up comedians by an anonymous Youtube channel, French-Moroccan-Canadian comic Gad Elmaleh is now declared persona non grata by Quebec's Bordel Comedy Club. After the video shared by CopyComic went viral, the Montreal theater decided to ban the Casablanca-born stand-up comedian from its guest list, reports Paris-based newspaper Courrier International. Gad Elmaleh has already performed at this comedy club, which is a former brothel offering shows with 5 or more unannounced comedians per show. Published on Tuesday, January the 29th, the Youtube video «shows a slew of examples of comic routines by Elmaleh that show uncanny resemblance to jokes by other comics», wrote Canadian online newspaper Toronto Sun. The video alleges that the Netflix comedian copied the routine of two American stand-up comedians, namely George Carlin and Steven Wright, and Canadian actors Patrick Huard and Martin Matte. According to the same source, Elmaleh's public-relations agency «Personal Publicity», said that «neither the comic nor anyone on his team had any comment at this time». It is not the first time that Gad Elmaleh faces similar accusations. In October, 2017, the same channel revealed in a video that several French comedians, including Gad Elmaleh, were overly inspired by their American counterparts. The channel showed that Gad Elmaleh allegedly copied American stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld in one of his shows.
