Comedian and actor Zach Galifianakis revealed that he nearly scrapped his 2016 interview with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who was running for president at the time against Donald Trump, because her team tried to tell the comedian he couldn’t bring up her email controversy.

Galifianakis spoke with comedian Conan O’Brien on his show, “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend,” during which they both argued that comedy has to come first in interviews with politicians, including sitting presidents. Galifianakis said some podcasters have the president on now just to “suck up to him,” and said it was their job to make their subjects uncomfortable.

“I’m more interested in the comedy first, and whatever their motive is, fine,” Galifianakis said. “But the comedy has to come first. I remember when I interviewed Hillary Clinton and I could tell she didn’t want to be there. And I totally get that. I get it.”

“But before we had set that whole thing up, they wrote back, ‘Well, you can’t bring up those emails,'” he continued. “And I go, ‘Well, we don’t have to do the interview … That’s fine. We won’t do it.'”

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Zach Galifianakis spoke about his Hillary Clinton interview from 2016 during a conversation with Conan O’Brien on May 4, 2026. (Randy Holmes/Disney via Getty Images; Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

The comedian said that Clinton’s team then told him they would do the interview without the precondition. 

“When you tell powerful people, no, it’s crazy,” Galifianakis said. “They were like, ‘OK, we’ll do it.’ Well, you can ask, because it’s not that important to me to do it the way they want to do it. You have to, if you’re going to come in a comedy, you got to, the way we want to do it,” Galifianakis said.

Clinton’s team did not immediately return a request for comment from Fox News Digital.

Galifianakis sat down with Clinton on his show “Between Two Ferns” in September 2016. He also did a show with former President Barack Obama.

KIMMEL CALLS MELANIA TRUMP AN ‘EXPECTANT WIDOW’ BEFORE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS’ DINNER SHOOTING

Hillary Clinton speaks to members of the media outside the Chappaqua Performing Arts Center in Chappaqua, N.Y., on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (Adam Gray/Bloomberg)

The comedian said in 2016 that he wouldn’t have Trump on the show shortly after his Clinton interview, saying at the time, “I wouldn’t have somebody on that’s so mentally challenged.”

“I feel like I’d be taking advantage of him. And you can print that,” he added.

O’Brien and Galifianakis both argued that Trump would do well to let himself be “the butt of the joke.”

“And our current president would do well to understand that if he let himself be the butt of the joke,” O’Brien said, as Galifianakis added, “It’s humanizing.”

“You wouldn’t do it with him. It wouldn’t work,” Galifianakis said of Trump.

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President Trump raises a fist as he departs Doral, Florida en route to his Palm Beach mansion on May 2, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Roberto Schmidt/Getty Images)

Trump has been critical of late-night comedians in his second term, including most recently Jimmy Kimmel.

The liberal comedian joked that first lady Melania Trump looked like an “expectant widow” during a parody version of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, just days before a shooting at the actual event.

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Trump and the first lady called for Kimmel’s firing.

Chhattisgarh High Court has given a big decision under the Hindu Marriage Act. The court has declared marriage between children of siblings as illegal. The High Court has accepted the appeal of a man to declare his marriage with his cousin as invalid. Because this marriage comes under prohibited relationship under Hindu Marriage Act 1955.

A bench of two judges was hearing this case. The decision of the Family Court was challenged in the court. In which it was found that his marriage falls in the category of prohibited marital relationship. This marriage was kept intact only because a custom in Patel society approves of such marriages. For this reason, it was refused to declare this marriage illegal and void.

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This argument given in the petition

It was argued on behalf of the petitioner that the practice of marriage between brother-sister, sister-daughter and maternal uncle-aunt is prevalent in the Patel community. This is called Brahma Vivah. In this, it is necessary to prove that this practice of marriage continues between different levels of prohibited relationship. They have been following this practice continuously for a long time.

When did this marriage take place?

A young man was married on 20 April 2018 as per Hindu customs. The young man’s mother and his wife’s mother were both real sisters. After March 2020, his wife left her in-laws’ house and started living with her father. Both of them got divorced in a social meeting in January 2022. Also Rs 75000 and gold Silver Jewelery was given away.

On this the husband filed a case in the court. In which he argued that his mother was the real sister of his wife’s mother and their marriage was prohibited under the Hindu Marriage Act. On January 3, 2024, the Family Court concluded that there was a custom in the Patel community in which such marriages were allowed. After this the husband’s appeal was rejected by the court.

What did Chhattisgarh High Court say on the matter?

Chhattisgarh High Court said that it was completely unfair for the Family Court to dismiss the petition seeking to declare the marriage between the parties as null and void considering that their marriage falls in the category of prohibited relationship under Section 5(iv) of the 1955 Act.

The court said in its decision that in their society, any practice or custom that allows such marriage between the two falls in the category of prohibited relationship, for which neither any argument was given nor it was proved. Due to which the decision related to the validity of the marriage was canceled and the issue of permanent alimony was kept open to be raised by the wife.

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The political and legal conflict regarding the alleged liquor policy scam in Delhi High Court has now come to the fore. During the hearing on Tuesday (05 May), Justice Swarn Kanta Sharma clearly indicated that the court will not let the case stop, even if the accused leaders boycott the proceedings. The court said that it will appoint three senior lawyers as amicus curiae (friends of the justice), who will represent Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Durgesh Pathak.

Amicus curiae will be appointed for Kejriwal and Sisodia

This entire controversy intensified when these leaders recused themselves from the hearing, fearing bias against the judge. However, the court rejected this demand and clearly said that the judicial process will not be stopped by anyone’s boycott. Justice Sharma said that first the Amicus Curiae will be appointed and only then the further hearing will begin.

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Lower court had acquitted all 23 accused

On February 27, the Rouse Avenue Court had given relief to all the 23 accused and discharged them from the case and raised questions on the investigation. CBI has reached the High Court challenging this decision. This controversy had arisen regarding the excise policy of Delhi government for 2021-22. It is alleged that private companies were given unfair benefits through this policy. However, Aam Aadmi Party has been continuously rejecting these allegations.

While making allegations, Arvind Kejriwal had expressed fear of conflict of interest and bias against the judge. Last week, former CMs Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia had written a letter to Justice Swarn Kanta Sharma saying that they would not appear before him personally or through a lawyer, and instead they would follow the path of Mahatma Gandhi’s Satyagraha.

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26 people died and more than 60 were injured in a horrific explosion in a firecracker factory located in Hunan province of China. The explosion was so severe that officials had to evacuate all the people living within a radius of three kilometers of the factory.

China Quoting the government media, BBC reported in its report that Huasheng Fireworks Plant is located in Liuyang, the southern city of Hunan province, where the rescue operation has ended after this terrible explosion that occurred in the afternoon on Monday (May 4, 2026). Authorities deployed more than 1,500 emergency personnel. Along with this, dogs, drones and robots were also used. At the same time, seven people trapped under the debris have been rescued.

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There were two gunpowder warehouses in the premises, creating problems in relief work.

According to the report, the police are investigating the cause of the explosion and control measures have been taken against the responsible employees of the company. Officials said that two warehouses filled with gunpowder present in the factory premises were posing a high risk during relief and rescue operations after the blast. Along with evacuating people nearby, rescue teams also took measures like keeping the area moist to prevent secondary accidents.

According to the report, the impact of the blast was so much that even the windows of a nearby residential building were broken. The age of the people injured in this explosion is between 20 to 60 years and many people have also suffered bone injuries due to being hit by the flying debris due to the explosion.

Make every effort to save the injured: Xi Jinping

At the same time, after this horrific explosion, Chinese President Xi Jinping has given instructions to make every possible effort to search for the missing people and save the injured. He has also said to investigate the accident seriously and take action against those responsible.

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After the victory of Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal, there is an atmosphere of enthusiasm among the party leadership and workers. Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva and National General Secretary Tarun Chugh termed this as a historic political change and Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah Told the strategy and the result of the struggle of lakhs of workers.

Virendra Sachdeva said, “With BJP’s victory in Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sachdeva said that this victory is a true tribute to Shyama Prasad Mukherjee by the people of Bengal in the year of his 125th birth anniversary. Calling it a victory of ideology, he praised the dedication of the workers.

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‘This is a sign of the growing support base of the party’

Delhi BJP President congratulated Prime Minister Modi, party leadership and workers for the success achieved in various states. He said that opening of BJP’s account in Kerala, formation of government in Bengal and return of NDA in Assam and Puducherry are indications of the party’s growing support base. Virendra Sachdeva claimed that after this election, India has now become free from communist influence and this change is the beginning of a new phase in the politics of the country.

BJP’s show of strength in Delhi, victory procession taken out

After the victory in Bengal, an atmosphere of celebration was seen in Delhi also. Under the leadership of Tarun Chugh, party workers took out a victory procession on Deendayal Upadhyay Marg, in which a large number of workers participated and a festive atmosphere was created.

Procession with drums, enthusiasm visible among workers

Tarun Chugh himself was seen playing Dhapli during the procession. Hundreds of workers gathered outside the BJP headquarters and proceeded in a procession till Deendayal Upadhyay Upvan and then back to the headquarters.

Bengal victory described as historic, now eye on Punjab

Tarun Chugh said that the victory in Bengal is historic under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi and now the party’s next target is Punjab. He said that the morale of the workers has been further strengthened by this victory.

targeted the opposition

Tarun Chugh met Mamata Banerjee and M.K. Referring to Stalin’s defeat, he also targeted Arvind Kejriwal. He said that the claims made during the election campaign in both the states have been proved wrong and now Kejriwal should be prepared for his defeat in Punjab.

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It takes a special kind of crazy to be a successful head coach in college football, doubly so if you want to survive in a conference like the SEC, where “it just means more.”

Nice guys and well-adjusted dudes get chewed up and spit out annually in the Southeastern Conference, and only true football psychopaths will make it very far in this league.

Take Kirby Smart, for example.

Any man who can rock a bowl cut and a visor and not look like a complete buffoon is clearly not a normal human being, and if you’ve heard any of his leaked halftime speeches from the locker room, you know exactly what I mean.

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Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart tells the students section to calm down during the fourth quarter of an NCAA football game at EverBank Stadium in Jacksonville, Fla., on Nov. 1, 2025. (Corey Perrine/Florida Times-Union)

I’m not sure if new Florida head coach Jon Sumrall will be in Gainesville for a long time or not, but he absolutely has the kind of psychotic temperament you need to succeed in the SEC.

You may recall his choice in strength coach, a dumbbell-chomping, forehead-bleeding maniac by the name of Rusty Witt, or the fact that he postponed his anniversary trip to get a few more hours of watching film under his belt, but in a recent interview with a local Jacksonville news station, Sumrall peeled back the curtain to reveal just how unhinged he really is.

We all heard the same thing, right?

Did he just say that he was going to commit acts of self-harm if the Gators didn’t make it to a bowl game this season?

Dear Lord, he’s just like the rest of us!

Tulane Green Wave head coach Jon Sumrall watches the game against Northwestern Wildcats during the first half at Yulman Stadium. (Stephen Lew/Imagn Images)

Sumrall sounds like literally every unhinged Gator fan on X for the last decade and a half.

If I had a dollar for every time a fan threatened to stalk a ref to his car or used the bleach pouring GIF, I’d be able to fund the Gators’ NIL budget myself.

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I know it sounds stupid, but Sumrall talking like a random fan they just happened to hand a headset will go far in endearing himself to Gator Nation.

Florida fans are tired of listening to coach speak and pleas for patience, so if the alternative is “I’ll hurl myself off of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium if we don’t go 7-5,” then you can sign me and the rest of the Rowdy Reptiles up.

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Tulane head coach Jon Sumrall watches his players before an NCAA college football game against Charlotte in New Orleans on Nov. 29, 2025. (Matthew Hinton/AP)

A coach that talks like his fans instead of talking down to them is refreshing, and that might buy Sumrall a little extra goodwill should he stumble out of the starting gate.

Then again, it sounds like if he doesn’t meet expectations in year one, the only person Sumrall will have to worry about is himself.