Musician and comedian Reggie Watts is being pulled from festival lineups and related appearances after a Rolling Stone report published allegations of “reckless” behavior. The outlet cited multiple claims from people close to Watts, including assertions that he encouraged drug use and behaved abusively in past relationships.
Several reports describe how the controversy follows concerns connected to Watts’s former partner, 36-year-old Katherine Early McCollough, who died earlier this year. The accounts relayed by Rolling Stone and repeated by other outlets say some loved ones believe Watts played a role in her death, linking alleged encouragement—particularly involving ketamine—to addiction and subsequent mental health crises. Rolling Stone frames these claims as serious and damning; other outlets focus on the resulting professional fallout.
In the wake of the reporting, bookings for some festival appearances are canceled, and “Comedy Bang! Bang!” has stopped using Watts’s theme song, according to the coverage. Other details and any official responses are not reflected consistently across the sources provided.
