Christine Mayr is an American

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, amateur stand-up comedian, internet entertainer and

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Biography

Mayr is a native of

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, New York. While in college she had an internship with the television show ''

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''. She was associated with

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and

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, and by 2016, was producing shows at comedy clubs including Comedy at Stonewall. She was on Amazon Prime's show ''Comics Watching Comics'' and won in the fifth season. She has hosted a podcast called ''The Wet Spot'' on

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, and another podcast called ''Chrissie Mayr Podcast''. In 2021, an article in ''

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'' examining

, birthplace of the

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, said Mayr had "delved deep into

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conspiracy theories—believing and spreading them, that is—and attended the protests at Capitol Hill on January 6". Interviewed on a podcast by

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, Mayr said of the January 6 events, "I was there and anybody who was there on the 6th is, like, blown away by how, like, inaccurate the media coverage is." She told a newspaper that she planned to release a comedy album on the January 6 anniversary.

Appearances

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's shows ''Laughs'' and ''Punchline'' *''

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*'' What Not To Wear'' *''The News and Why it Matters w/ Sara Gonzales'' *'' Prime Time with Alex Stein'' *''

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'' *''The Megyn Kelly Show'' *''Holly Randall Unfiltered''

References

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