There's a restaurant in Huntington
beach California.
That is very much anti vax and
apparently also anti mask because
we are very lucky to have exclusive
video of one of the waiters.
They're pulling the mask
off of the face of a diner.
So we're going to show you that
video and then we get to actually
speak with the man who filmed it.
So first of all here is that
interaction?
>> I have a business tonight.
>> It's busy.
>> Busy.
>> Just started slowing down.
>> Has it been like next level busy
since you guys took your stand?
>> We had four to find our alliance
like until everything reopened
up then.
>> Since we got back on the news?
And I have many hours are we just
like.
>> Wow, it's nice to have a place
that kind of puts their foot down
for freedom and says we don't care
about this deadly virus.
We're going to put our
foot down and just do it our way.
Is that cool?
>> Yeah.
>> I love it.
>> So much freedom, right?
>> Absolutely it is.
Have you guys had any backlash
people coming in?
>> You're talking about like people
that don't support us coming
here now.
They just call over the phone.
They never really show up.
>> Cowards. >> Yeah, exactly.
>> [LAUGH] All we really get coming
to the restaurant supporters.
And we get the cowards on
the phone.
>> How are you guys enforcing
the non vaccinated.
How do make sure you have
to improve your vaccination?
Take your word on it, right?
>> It's like, you know, signs up,
I figured out for
yourself type of deal, yeah.
>> Okay, so that is a great start.
We're going to have the mask
maybe a little bit.
I love that.
Ben got him to talk about how it's
all about freedom except for
of course you're not free to
be vaccinated.
And apparently not to have a mask.
But anyway, Ben tell us a little
bit about starting this off.
>> Yeah, so when I saw this
restaurant take this absurd stance,
not only against personally getting
vaccinated or wearing masks,
basic protection.
Just to make sure if you so
choose to not die,
you have the right to not die.
They are going far extreme past
that and saying,
we're going to ensure that anyone
that want to associate with us or
eat are tasty food has to
have a good chance of dying.
Has to have a good chance of
catching a very infectious disease
in the midst of a global pandemic.
We won't have it any other way.
I mean they're taking to have it
our way to a whole another level.
Mcdonald's move over, because they
really are putting their muscle
behind what their mouth is on that.
And everyone I was talking to in
this restaurant was a staunch
anti vax or anti masker.
I was talking to.
I start talking to people at
the table next to me before it
escalates to a very crazy place.
You'll see in a moment.
I'm talking to people at tables
next to someone with a toddler, not
older than a one year old baby and
she says he's never had
any vaccine whatsoever.
They lie to their teachers and
say he's immunized and not instead
of saying he's vaccinated and they
don't even ask further than that.
And I say, yeah, but this delta
variant is really scary though,
isn't it?
And she goes the vaccines
causing the variant,
the vaccines cosmo variant and
the masks are the biggest problem.
Because you end up breathing your
own disease back in and
it re energy.
I mean literally making nonsense
out of her mouth at every turn.
It was wild.
>> So I love this basically
reporting you that you're a
comedian, but you went in there and
did what nobody else does partly.
Because you have the courage to go
in there without a mask and
I assume you're vaccinated.
Ben so, good luck to you.
And that's why you're not
in the studio.
[LAUGH] Plus you
gotta show tonight.
But- >> Today I'm clear.
I waited five days and I'm clear.
>> Okay, good.
But their attitudes amazing.
I love that part where you're like,
like freedom to basically
die, right?
And these guys like, yeah.
So, but
I can't wait to get to the assault.
Let's this is exclusive video.
So let's let's show that and
then I want to come back and talk
to you about the whole experience.
>> Thank you very much.
>> What do you mean?
>> Get out of here.
>> Why I just want to make sure
that I get on both anything.
>> Hey, get out here.
Guys, you guys are going to have to
get out here.
Take these off.
>> You can't pull the mask
off out here.
You either take my mask off my
face.
>> Get out of here, go.
I told you to leave.
>> I've been vaccinated.
>> I don't care what you turn
around and start walking.
>> I'm sorry.
I didn't anybody at risk.
I'll never do that again.
I'll never do it again.
>> Never come back here again.
>> I don't want,
I just wanted to protect him.
I wanted to I just wanted to fight.
I just want to say I'm sorry.
>> Get out of here, You're making
a scene. >> I protected everything.
Next time I'll get covid alcove on
people. It's fine. I'm happy to do
it. >> Get out. >> That's fine.
Look my bad. I just wanted to help
out and not breathing everybody,
but like teach their own. Of course
you want to breathe in people with
covid stuff. That's fine.
Thank you so much.
Right there.
What is your breath?
Because I don't want to
infect people.
>> No, m because you're a moron.
>> Get out of your body.
>> Even turn around and leave.
Well, I'll talk to our customers.
>> I get it, guys are very into
making sure people have a good
chance to get sick.
I get that change their own.
That's what America is about
infected fellow citizens because
you don't want to wear a piece
of cloth.
I get that.
I get it, makes sense to me.
Yeah, not all the science, but
just follow being a baby about.
>> Nobody cares about what
you're saying, man,
get out of here you are.
>> You're very riled up.
Just saying I was pretty good
caesar salad though.
Thank you for that.
>> All right, Ben.
I mean, it's one of
the lines of the I'm sorry for
protecting everyone.
>> [LAUGH] My bad.
I love that. Today.
You added my bad.
Okay, so I want to break
this down a couple of ways.
But first, what do you think?
I mean they did assault you?
That's definitely an assault.
Are you think you're finally
charges or no?
>> I don't think I'm going to be
filing charges most likely because
I'm able to handle things and
I'm not a baby.
I can handle even cloth on my face.
So, being pushed out of
a restaurant having a mask ripped
off, while very my heart started
beating quite fast and while very
insane to have experienced.
I'm not damaged as a person from
that much.
Like people wouldn't be
damaged from say not breathing
aerosols into vulnerable citizens
that might live near them, but
they might care about.
So, I think I'm probably going to
be all right.
We don't need to make a federal
case out of every everything
these guys don't see it that way.
>> Yeah, I know it's certainly not.
And it looked like there was
a little bit of variation there.
Because there's the waiter that you
were talking to it first, and
obviously you were
pretending to be on his side.
But he seemed like I
was worried he's going to feel more
betrayed, right?
Because you're kind of messing with
him but it looks like the other
waiter was more angry.
So tell us what happened in that
regard.
>> Well I just think the first guy
to some degree,
how do I say this politely wasn't
maybe as sharp as the other guy.
And he didn't really know what
was going on.
He didn't know if I was still
on his side or not.
Like the very first clip when I
started to kind of subtly hint and
I was like I get it man,
you know you don't want people to
protect themselves from this deadly
disease.
I understand,
he's like yeah this guy on my side.
So then I think it was the manager
that came over.
And there was three guys ended up
pushing me out the door,
was just very angry and it was also
great to itself in the parking lot.
There was one guy that was very
angry pushing me.
And then the other
guy comes out and he's like relax,
he tells the other guy,
relax so he could keep berating me.
It was wild.
I never expected that they would
get physical,
that they would react.
I mean you see me just calmly
putting on the mask privately for
myself and
the concept of protecting yourself.
And others is just so foreign to
people that have fallen so far down
a rabbit hole where logic and
common sense and basic care for
humanity.
Our concepts that are anathema to
them.
I mean they literally lose their
mind.
I was talking to people at like
like I said earlier to the woman
with the young child.
And at one point she is saying
these things that are completely
ridiculous made up conspiracy
theory.
So I said her and you have
a science background of course and
she goes medical actually I go,
really medical what in what
capacity?
She goes, I worked as a secretary
in a medical medical secretary.
I'm like I said to her
that's the same as being high up
in the C D C, right?
I mean they have facts on their
side and evidence and
you've got opinions and
thing to be respected equally.
She goes exactly.
[LAUGH] >> And so the next step and
I literally say this we're going to
see the full clip on my
show tonight.
I say to her all
these people right that
are complaining about people dying.
They're like but
my family members and it's like
you've got other family members.
I was sure that would be a step
too far.
She goes exactly right.
That's the thing is you need and
the thing no one is talking about
is a lot of these people that have
died of covid they wish they could
have died six months earlier.
But seeing their family, but
have their family coming
to the hospital.
Like that's the part point no one's
made, you're making a brilliant
point here is that a lot of
people want to die.
And so we should enable them speed
that along for them.
[CROSSTALK] >> But
no to be fair Ben,
they don't just want to die.
They want six months ago.
>> Yes. >> So that's a twist.
I never heard that before.
I've seen a lot of dying people
going if only this had happened six
months ago.
[LAUGH] Okay, I know it's serious,
but it's ridiculous.
By the way to show that Ben is
referring to is your late night
show tonight with Bengali.
It's on tonight actually 10
o'clock Eastern Rosaria Dawson is
going to be on it.
He's going to show
you the full clip.
So make sure you check that out.
And you know where you're going to
find it is nowhere comedy club dot
com, nowhere comedy club dot com.
We'll put the link down below too.
>> Thank you. I hope people come
because during the pandemic,
when all of comedy clubs shot shut
down and live entertainment shut
down for the whole planet.
There was no way for myself and
every comedian to make any income.
And there's no live entertainment
people across the globe
at the time, they needed it.
Most need a community.
They needed laughter and catharsis.
So I created the world's
first virtual comedy club.
We used Zuma's the platform but
we monitor it and
produce these shows beautifully.
And some doing this talk show there
tonight live only available if you
get a ticket to it's $15.
Very reasonable.
And we have Rosario Dawson Jodi
Sweden live in studio.
We're talking about this,
we have a disaster movie spoof that
kind of parodies these people to
the next level, a lot of comedy
that I think you'll really enjoy.
So I really hope people come and
get a ticket.
>> So Ben, as you were explaining
how it broke down, you said
the manager then came over and
and was more violent
[LAUGH] more aggressive.
They live, it sounds like they like
almost literally living in,
well not literally.
But in an upside down world that
would be that.
>> It's called escalating
techniques jink.
>> Called Orange County.
>> Yeah. >> The upside down in
Orange County, where seriously?
Where the manager comes and
goes, I'm sorry, are you having
an issue with my employee because
I'm here to kick your ass more.
[LAUGH] >> Would you like me to
pepper shakers?
Say when?
[LAUGH] >> Why?
>> So management was worse than
their than employees.
That's fascinating.
>> Yes, and I mean it's just,
we're too far gone.
We don't live
in the same realities.
I don't know how we come back
from it.
I don't know what the answer is
to people that live in a complete
alternate reality.
This other woman I talked
to at a table next to me.
She says, I love when they use
the phrase, the science,
like there's just one science and
I'm like, I'm sorry, you don't
think there's one science.
She goes,
there's all these fields within it,
there's geology, I go,
you're right.
That really proves science isn't
really a thing of the fact that
there's many sub disciplines,
really makes your point well.
And then she goes,
the science is evolving and
people say the science is settled,
that's so ridiculous.
And I go that really is
a good point.
Like when you evolved,
when facts evolve to come out about
how contagious something is.
And how you might die from it,
then you take precautions
to protect yourself.
And she, I think her brain exploded
at that point,
they might have been an aneurysm.
She couldn't process her own
comments with her own thought that
forcibly entered her head.
They followed us out to the car,
they were trying to walk down
the streets, find us.
We it was very crazy.
It was, I'm glad I got out
of there.
And and also not just
the assault of them pushing me.
But when you rip off someone's
mask who's doing it to protect
themselves from a deadly disease.
And then they grab you and
put you in their face,
he's blowing potentially deadly
aerosols in my mouth,
which I didn't even know that guy.
That will, you know what I mean?
He hadn't taken me out, he did buy
me that beer I guess because they
didn't make us pay on the way out
as they threw me out the window at
the, at the front door rather,
but that's a bold move.
Not only will you not wear a mask,
I will rip yours off and
also open your mouth Thanks but.
>> It also shows that like they can
talk about freedom or
whatever has to do with freedom has
nothing to do with them.
Not wanting to have to abide by
things they want to get in people's
faces.
They want to get involved in other,
like it is an identity they keep
they projected so
much over the past year, that and
not just hard right wingers.
There were some centrist, you know,
like news outlets,
they were talking about people who
are obsessed with the pandemic,
obsessed with lockdowns.
And all that, know, the people who
have taken it up as an identity, or
those who won't do the bare minimum
to protect themselves or others.
And want to go and get in people's
faces outside, because they happen
to be wearing masks.
Like if somebody wants to be
outside wearing a mask, I may not
think that it's necessary.
But it has nothing to do with me,
but they want it to have to
do with them.
And I think- >> it's always it's
always about control with these
people is it's the opposite of
freedom.
It's about them controlling you,
it's about them controlling women's
bodies, about them controlling
elderly people's bodies now.
It's about them deciding what their
reality is and
imposing it on others,
it's the true opposite of freedom.
They want to dictate how we all
should live.
It's the opposite.
We only do that rational minded
people do that when maybe your
life's on the line,
we try to have common sense
guidelines that can protect.
And they say no, we're going to
have opposite sends guidelines that
are meant to harm, that are here
specifically to say if you're not
a tough cowboy that want to risk
death, stay away from me.
But that's not what America is.
They claim it's about freedom.
And then they literally rip your
mask off your face.
>> So, Ben, you know,
I one more question here because I
think that your video here shows
one other thing, I mean obviously
shows that irrationality.
But as I think through all
the different ways that they don't
want people to protect themselves
and are so aggressive about it.
I mean like, what's next?
Are they going to come into
your car and
rip your seatbelt off, right?
Like I don't want you to
protect yourself,
get that seat belt off of you.
I want you flying through
the windshield.
Okay, and here I'm going to step
on the gas pedal.
[LAUGH] >> Like air bags are for
Sissies.
>> Right, no, but by the way,
I mean, it's next.
But I noticed that that they called
you a Nazi there.
Now if I remember right from your
previous appearances, etcetera,
you're jewish right then.
>> That is correct.
One of the rare nazis out there.
Yeah, so look,
but you didn't mention that when he
said that, right?
And so then I wondered like,
how were you worried about
your safety there, where you were
you legitimately just heard about?
Because because to me, the other
thing that the video showed is man,
violence is right
around the corner.
Like, these guys are not just mad
that we're not tolerant of their
beliefs.
Their mad that we're tolerant of
our own beliefs.
And that that goes to the ripping
off the mask and
pushing out the door.
And then following you weirdly like
psychos through the parking lot,
et cetera.
So, were you worried about that at
any point?
>> I was a little worried.
I mean, I watching it back,
I'm shocked that I didn't respond
to the Nazi comment, considering
that a large part of my family was
murdered in the holocaust.
I feel like being called a nazi is
is an affront to me in many ways.
But I didn't say anything.
I was just at that point,
more concerned about my safety and
more concerned to make sure they
weren't going to jump me in that
parking lot.
They wanted to, they were being
very menacing if they weren't on
the clock or had to go back and
tend the restaurant,
that they abandoned to come harass
me outside.
They probably would have done that.
It was scary.
My heart beat was was going
a million miles a minute for
a solid 30 minutes after that until
I could calm down.
I had to go and
get alcohol at a nearby AM PM just
to take the edge off and
then they only had to our boys.
I don't want to drink that much.
We had an ice cream instead, but
it was intense.
[LAUGH] >> Yeah,
no, look, it's an interesting video
in a funny kind of way, literally,
it's an educational video.
But I'm worried about the education
we just got,
which is that these folks are,
they're looking for trouble,
both medically and physically.
And it's going to be tough living
with one another,
where they're physically pushing us
out of restaurants.
We're trying to do the bare minimum
and protecting ourselves,
let alone them.
So I'm afraid that your
interaction, there was a harbinger
of things to come.
I know it's a scary time.
>> And also I just said at the end
to be funny, but
the caesar salad was not very good.
>> [LAUGH] It's actually a relief
to hear by the way, last note here,
Tony roman who runs the restaurant
agreed to get interviewed by me.
But he wouldn't come into
the studio and since he's not
vaccinated, won't wear a mask, were
like, wow, how will we recover.
In fact,
there wouldn't have had him here.
He asked me to go down to his
restaurant I guess.
I'm glad I didn't, I was like, it's
not worth, it's kind of paid ass
driving down there George county.
But I guess I'm glad I
didn't because he might like,
they might have had his thugs slash
waiters assault me if he
didn't like some other questions.
>> So just how much you like
surviving Junk?
If you're like surviving obstacle
you if, if life is kind of like a
either or thing for you, like maybe
it depends on how I feel that day.
They would welcome you with open
arms in there.
>> Now I see.
Okay. Well isn't that fair?
>> Consider. [LAUGH]