Comic Phil Wang said saying you dislike dogs in this country is “more dangerous” than saying you’ve killed 12 people.
The Malaysian comedian said people in the UK are “obsessed” with their dogs and he used to have to keep a “dirty little secret” that he wasn’t a fan of the household pet. The 34-year-old said while he used to “hate” dogs, he eventually grew to like them, but admitted a “yappy” pet is the worst.
On the Walking The Dog podcast, Wang said: “I hated dogs, I used to hate dogs. Which in the UK is a more dangerous thing to say [than] I’ve killed 12 people.
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“People in this country are obsessed with dogs. And the worst thing a person can do is not like a dog.
“And so I used to have to keep this very quiet, just my dirty little secret, I didn’t like dogs. But then I met some smart dogs, some good dogs, some sweet dogs.”
The comedian said he filmed a pilot for a TV show and had to pretend to be a dog walker.
He continued: “And I was handed all these dogs and I was terrified but two of them were these Collies, and they were so smart and so cool. And I found myself wanting to impress them.
“I was like, Oh God, I was like, waxing my hair back and trying to taste it, tasting my breath and stuff. These are dogs, why am I so impressed?
“And then I had a girlfriend who had a very sweet dog and quiet dog and I grew to like that dog very much. And now I understand that there are good dogs and bad dogs.
“But a yappy dog is the worst thing in the world. Any dog is lovely, a good dog is wonderful but a yappy, horrible dog is the bane of my life.”
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