Jimmy Carr has signed up to host a new comedy entertainment show based on one of Reddit's most famous subreddits.
Am I The A**hole? is inspired by the famed Reddit forum of the same name, where users post anecdotes about their behaviour and receive judgement from fellow members about whether they're in the wrong or not.
The subreddit, which is often abbreviated to AITA, has amassed 24 million members since 2013 and the most outrageous posts often go viral on social media.
For example, one AITA thread we covered a few years ago featured a girlfriend asking the forum if she's the asshole for not getting her boyfriend a replacement gift after he turned down the Imagine Dragons tickets she bought him for his birthday. (Spoiler: Many agreed she was, in fact, the asshole.)
In the new Jimmy Carr show, members of the public will come before host Jimmy and a panel of two guest comedians to ask "hilarious, controversial and downright shocking" questions about their behaviour.
Each of the eight episodes will "cover everything from jaw-dropping relationship disputes to the pettiest of family squabbles" and feature stories that are "guaranteed to split opinion".
The British comedian and host will discuss each question with his fellow comics before passing the final judgement on whether the contestant is the "asshole" or not.
"Seems odd that anyone would ask me to host a show about a**holes. I should be grateful, but I feel a little insulted. I guess I'm an a**hole. Well, it takes an a**hole to know an a**hole so I'm the right man for the job," Jimmy jokingly said in a statement.
"I'm very much looking forward to being Comedy Central's Proctologist in Residence. There are an impressive number of a**holes in our country and they're finally getting the recognition they deserve on national television."
A pilot of the show was previously filmed with Rob Beckett as the host, however it hasn’t been revealed why he has been replaced by Jimmy.
Am I The A**hole? will be executive-produced by the subreddit's creator Marc Beaulac. It is set to film in late spring and air on Comedy Central later this year.
The Morning Rumble caught up with Jimmy Carr just last week, where he ripped them a new one, as per. Check out that full chat below.
Carr is set to head back to New Zealand in January next year on his ‘Jimmy Carr: Laughs Funny’ Comedy Tour. If you’re keen to get tickets, you can grab them now.
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