More former employees of Steven Crowder's have decided to come forward to
talk about how difficult it was to work for him, how abusive he is as an employer.
And before we get to the latest allegations against him,
I think it's important to talk about some of the allegations coming from one of his
former cohosts.
And these allegations were made last week.
So Matt Landau is the name of the individual we're talking about here,
and he was a cohost for Steven Crowder and then later left and
is now currently working for The Blaze.
So he detailed how Crowder had installed a Dave don't talk button in
the studio because he wanted to ensure that he always got the last word and
that his cohost did not get the last word.
So here's more from Landau.
>> How were you informed that there is don't talk light?
And what was your reaction?
>> I was pissed a bit because I know my job.
I know that he talks a lot.
I know that he's the star of the show.
I know when to throw him what he needs to be thrown.
I know when to sit back.
It's what I did with Anthony for years.
It's what I did next to Arty.
It's what I do.
I'm not trying to ever steamroll him.
>> Right.
>> It was just, hey, don't be funnier.
That's the truth.
I mean, it sounds bitter, but I knew it was true because I was pulled aside and
I said, and it was, hey, make sure if you're doing a rant or
you guys are riffing, he gets the last word.
>> You were told this explicitly?
>> Yes, it was all about the title and I wasn't respecting it.
So there needed to be a light, and I had to make sure that he got the last thing.
So even if I did have a funnier joke, I would just leave it out.
It was important for the fans to not hear it.
I always felt that my job as a comedian was to leave out the good one.
I have heard of it, where it's just the star needs to look like the star.
I guess it's his show, fine.
But I also feel like somebody who's so pro free speech and
non censorship, he was really about censorship.
>> So that was Dave Landau, his former cohost.
I'm mixing up his first name with Matt McClure,
who we're gonna talk about in just a moment because that was another incident
that Landau shed some light on during that interview.
So what are your thoughts, Cenk?
>> Okay, look, there's a couple of different issues here.
There's the terrible wife video that we covered earlier when Ana and
I weren't here.
And then there's this new allegations of the people who work with him.
Now, remember, the people who work with him are all conservative.
They were almost all universally fans of Steven Crowder.
They were super excited to work with him, and
the fact that they're right wingers matters for another reason.
Cuz right wingers generally these days, and left wing sorry if you're gonna catch
feelings about this, but that's actually the point I'm making.
The right wing is a lot less sensitive.
You do any tiny little thing that's a little off in a normal place of work or
a left wing place of work, you're going to catch a lot of hate from employees, right?
The right wing, you could abuse the hell out of them, they're like, yeah, right.
So they don't have the same sensitivities as the rest of the population.
And he still abused them so badly that they're like, this is unbelievable.
This is outrageous.
But look at the ego.
I find the ego sickening.
You got to let the star shine.
So if you have a funny joke, don't say it.
Then why the hell did you hire him?
What, did you hire him to make non funny jokes?
I think that's pathetic.
Putting aside,, workplaces this, that, the other thing.
If you tell someone in your network,
don't outshine me, you are pathetic and should go home, okay?
So if somebody is funnier than me, which is not a high bar or
makes better points than me on this network,
I love it cuz I want to actually support creators.
Now, that leads me to Steven Crowder, remember, this $50 million slave contract.
And I don't want to do this, not because of me, but
because of the other creators I wanna support.
It turns out he hates the other creators, including inside his own company, and
doesn't want to support them at all.
He's just a big, giant baby- >> And a liar,
I mean, it's now safe to say anything that he claims in one of
these lengthy monologue videos should be taken with a grain of salt.
And you should probably think that whatever he's saying,
you should believe the opposite of.
Now, speaking of not wanting anyone to outshine him,
there's a comedian, Matt McClowry, who was supposed to fill in for
him and host with Dave Landau on a day when Steven Crowder wasn't there.
But suddenly Crowder changed his mind about it, right?
So when Crowder's assistant later said no to Mcclowry's appearance and Landau
asked Crowder about it, the conservative personality unleashed on his cohost.
He told me he owns me.
It was venomous.
I saw a different person that I had heard rumors about, Landau told Michael Malice
during that interview, so it was another portion of that conversation.
Now let's go to the latest complaints coming from former employees.
I started with Landau because he was the only one who was willing to speak out
publicly without hiding his identity.
In this case, the New York Post spoke to several of Crowder's former employees.
None of them wanted to be on the record with their names.
They were worried about retaliation.
Some of them also signed nondisclosure agreements.
The Post also writes that they spoke to ten former employees who claim Crowder ran
an abusive company where he often screamed at his employees, including his own
father, exposed his genitals, by the way, that allegedly happened a lot.
Sent out directives to arbitrarily fire people and
made underlings wash his dirty laundry.
>> Jesus Christ- >> At work.
>> All right, so look, guys, I don't know how many of those guys are still there,
but have some self respect.
>> They're all gone.
>> Okay. >> They're all former, yeah.
>> All right, good.
And if anyone who's still working there, yeah, you wanna do his dirty laundry,
you wanna have him say he owns you, okay, have at it ass.
But then either have some self respect and leave, or
just understand the decision you're making when you're working with Steven Crowder.
Look, guys, we have a rule here at TYT.
It's a rule imposed by me, and that is disagreements are allowed, okay?
And I'll tell you, the only time that I get bothered is when anyone on air says,
you're not allowed to disagree with me.
I never say it, right?
But sometimes other people will think, no, I have the leftist position, and
you are not allowed to disagree with me.
No, wrong.
Incorrect.
We're allowed to disagree here on TYT, okay?
And we're gonna allow it forever and ever and ever.
So if folks don't like that, that's fine.
There's plenty of channels where they just do all robotic stuff, okay?
Now, in this context, we all have freedom, and we all say what we actually mean.
We're authentic.
And I hate that the Steven Crowders of the world ruin it for everyone.
By the way, also all the cable news actors, right?
Nobody is authentic.
And so then the audience rightfully goes, well, who the hell am I supposed to trust?
This guy tells me that he's like a wonderful Christian, etcetera, and golly,
genius, he's got that face.
And then it turns out he's a venomous prick behind the scenes.
>> I think he was a pretty venomous prick on camera too.
I mean, that was his whole brand.
>> Well, that's a great point Ana.
>> And when people tell you who they are, believe them.
>> But the audience likes it when he's venomous to others.
But I don't know that they love it when they see him doing it to his wife or
to his coworkers, who they also like.
Guys, I mean, right wingers who like Steven Crowder,
let me ask you, would you do his laundry?
Come on, guys.
Would you have a button?
Imagine if I had a button that said, don't talk, Ana, okay?
She'd walk out in 1 second.
Do you want someone who walks out in 1 second who has self respect and
their own opinions and their own strength?
Or do you wanna bunch of stupid lackeys who go, yes, Steven, you're so
right, Steven.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to talk.
And I hope I wasn't funny.
It's pathetic.
>> I'm gonna be honest.
I think most people want the lackeys.
Most people in media want that.
They just do.
And I think that Steven Crowder,
based on what's been revealed about him, is an extreme case.
But look, when you're talking about the entertainment industry and
yes, that includes content creators on these various platforms, right?
Whether it's YouTube, Facebook, whatever it is,
as soon as they get big enough, it's all ego and, yeah, it's very Trump like.
But it doesn't surprise me at all that he is terrified of other comedians
outshining him on his own show.
>> I got to be honest.
You know who that reminds me of?
Jimmy Dor.
>> Okay.
>> My God, don't let anybody outshine me.
Everybody laughed.
You have to laugh. You have to laugh.
That's so pathetic.
>> It is. Okay, but let's get off that.
>> I own you.
He says, I own you.
The people who work with him.
>> So let's get to some specific allegations, right?
I think the part that is the most concerning is how
often he exposes his genitals, but
more importantly, rubs his genitals on employees.
>> Steven, look, dude, go to counselling, get therapy.
>> Get therapy.
It's okay.
>> We get it dude, we get it.
He put his testicles and his penis on other people's shoulders, on their bodies.
>> Let me give you specifics.
>> Over and over again.
>> So a former staffer recalled driving back from Illinois in a van after
a college show in March of 2018, when former producer Jared Monroe,
whom Crowder dubbed not Gay Jared, was targeted.
Jared was asleep in the last row.
Steven was in the front, and
he was joking about what he was going to do, the staffer recalled.
He climbed over and dropped his junk on top of Jared's shoulder.
Okay, when asked about those allegations, by the way,
Monroe told The Post, no comment.
He didn't deny it.
He said, no comment.
>> When you get a no comment, that means he definitely did it.
And he apparently did this, exposing his genitalia to Jared several times.
Gee, I wonder why he picked Jared, the guy that he thought in his own shtick or
whatever, joked around about how he might be gay.
So he's like several times, he's, please, please, will you take it?
Please, please, please, please, please.
By the way, any other, that's why I talk about right wing versus left wing
versus middle, etcetera, no other workplace.
You'd be fired immediately, >> As you should, yeah, 100%.
>> Or you'd be sued till kingdom come, right?
But he's so lucky those employees haven't sued him.
It's unbelievable that they haven't sued him.
>> It really is unbelievable.
It really is.
And, yeah, I mean,
I think you're right in noting the difference between how employees would
react in a left wing organization versus this right wing organization, right?
Left wing, any perceived slight could get you sued [LAUGH] or
at least publicly shamed in a way that, in my opinion, sometimes is insane.
But nonetheless, let's give you more.
During a 2018 flight with six people from the company, another former
employee said they witnessed Crowder put his testicles on his assistant and
childhood friend John Goodman, who shook off the incident.
And Goodman, by the way, is still working for Crowder.
And when The Post reached out for comment, they did not get a response.
>> Okay, so look, all this makes me uncomfortable.
I hate, like, we talked about Tucker Carlson's leak tapes.
I don't like the leak tapes.
The situation with his wife, it's gross.
I hate that we're seeing it.
I hate it for her.
In principle, I don't like any of this.
So I know most people on the left are relishing this like, ha, right?
But I'm not relishing it.
But the reason we're doing it is because you should know who these people actually
are, right?
So if you actually think that Steven Crowder is, like, such a golly g,
such a good guy, and he's such a good Christian and all these things, and you
see him yelling at his wife about you're not doing your wifely duties, disgusting.
It's disgusting.
But, hey, by the way, maybe his audience likes that, because remember, they do.
And if you think that's not hypocritical and you think, hey,
that's what I signed up for, as a good christian, a wife should follow a man, and
she should do her wifely duties.
And if she doesn't, he should threaten to harm her.
Employees are meant to be owned.
I don't know.
I don't know. Right wingers.
I'm not you, you make the decision.
If you like that, well, then maybe Crowder is your guy.
You can't get any fairer than that.