#586 - Nigel Ng (Uncle Roger)

This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von

Theo Von

Comedy

4.8 • 24.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2025

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Nigel Ng is a comedian, content creator and restaurateur originally from Malaysia. He’s known for his viral character “Uncle Roger” who roasts celebrity chefs and bad cooking. Nigel joins Theo to talk about some of the big differences between eastern and western cultures, how his viral food content led to him opening a restaurant of his own, and the joke that might have put him on China’s watchlist… Nigel Ng: https://www.instagram.com/mrnigelng/ ------------------------------------------------ Tour Dates! https://theovon.com/tour New Merch: https://www.theovonstore.com ------------------------------------------------- Sponsored By: Celsius: Go to the Celsius Amazon store to check out all of their flavors. #CELSIUSBrandPartner #CELSIUSLiveFit https://amzn.to/3HbAtPJ Manscaped: Go to https://manscaped.com and use code THEO to get 15% off your entire order. ESPN+: Go to https://plus.espn.com/theo to buy now and tune-in to UFC 316 on Saturday, June 7 at 10 PM ET. Better Help: This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp - go to http://betterhelp.com/theo to get 10% off your first month. Rocket Money: Download the Rocket Money app and enter our show name - This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von - in the survey so they know I sent you! ------------------------------------------------- Music: “Shine” by Bishop Gunn Bishop Gunn - Shine “N****s Can Be Gay Too” by YVES https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2bkhRBHE2Q ------------------------------------------------ Submit your funny videos, TikToks, questions and topics you'd like to hear on the podcast to: [email protected] Hit the Hotline: 985-664-9503 Video Hotline for Theo Upload here: https://www.theovon.com/fan-upload Send mail to: This Past Weekend 1906 Glen Echo Rd PO Box #159359 Nashville, TN 37215 ------------------------------------------------ Find Theo: Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube: https://youtube.com/theovon Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheoVonClips Shorts Channel: https://bit.ly/3ClUj8z ------------------------------------------------ Producer: Zach https://www.instagram.com/zachdpowers Producer: Trevyn https://www.instagram.com/trevyn.s/ Producer: Nick https://www.instagram.com/realnickdavis/ Producer: Andrew https://www.instagram.com/bleachmediaofficial/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I've got some tour dates to tell you about. I'll be in Cedar Rapids, St. Paul, Minnesota, Fargo, North Dakota,
0:07.3	Rapid City, South Dakota, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Rochester, New York, and Detroit, Michigan,
0:14.8	all in June and July. Tickets available now at Theovon.com slash T-O-U-R. Thank you so much for your support.
0:23.3	Today's guest is a content creator, a restaurateur, and a comedian. He is from Malaysia,
0:31.9	and he found his way to the UK and America by doing comedy. He's known for his character,
0:37.0	Uncle Roger, Uncle Roger.
0:38.2	Uncle Roger.
0:40.4	A grumpy food critic who roasts celebrity chefs.
0:43.9	And with that, he's gained more than 30 million followers.
0:47.1	Quite the ride with today's guest.
0:49.6	I couldn't be more geeked to get to hang out with Nigel.
0:54.1	Ung.
1:14.4	I'm going to be good.
1:19.0	What's the most vain Asians you think?
1:22.6	Because Asians, you don't think of, because people think about Asians a lot, right?
1:23.2	Do they?
1:25.1	Do they think about Asians a lot?
1:25.9	Oh, yeah.
1:27.3	Yeah, okay, okay. Yeah, why? Why would you think about this a lot? Oh yeah. Yeah. Okay. Okay.
1:28.0	Yeah.
1:28.5	Why?
1:29.8	Why would you think about this a lot?
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