I’m team DAH all the way, but I don’t support the “big nose”comments made about Kevin because they come off as anti-black / featurism and the “he lives in a jungle with animals”comments DAH made about Kevin were always weird… bruised his ego, and a part of the reason why KL did them so dirty.
I am a fan of Denny, Aaron, and Herm, and will be supporting their SMD channel, because they are the heart of the Kevin Langue show to me. And Kevin was always the least funny person on the panel imo.
However, Those “he lives in a jungle” comments are an example of Intra-Racial Xenophobia, which is defined as prejudice or hostility directed at people of the same racial background who belong to a different nationality or cultural group. DAH are American, while Kevin is Senegalese and French. DAH consistently made fun of his African identity in a way that came off as xenophobic, and Kevin never seemed to genuinely laugh at those types of jokes. It’s like an American born Chinese person making fun of a person born in China for being primitive and alluding to their inferiority.
Also the “big nose” jokes are featurism in its purest form, and highlighted the most “African” feature of his face in a negative light. Featurism is defined as a form of discrimination that values or prefers specific facial features based on how closely they align with Eurocentric beauty standards. Similarly like the example above, if a Chinese person born in the US made fun of a Chinese person born in China with monolids, it would be seen as self hate and featurism, so why is it so acceptable in this case?
None of this justifies what Kevin did to DAH, but I can see it contributing to Kevin’s bruised ego and insistence on prioritizing his “ownership” of the show over the actual talent of the core cast. I can see him feeling singled out/made to feel inferior based on his big nose and African identity due to these types of comments and it explains why he has been keeping them at a distance. For example, Not inviting them to dinners with the editors and Zane. With the ultimate FU to them by leaving them out of the Netflix Deal. Like “you think you’re better than me, let me son y’all real quick”
It’s very passive aggressive, but I can see him justifying it to himself like that.