Nathan Fielder speaks onstage during "The Curse" FYC Event in Los Angeles at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on June 09, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. "That’s dumb.

The Curse began with an actual curse, or at least the threat of one. When Nathan Fielder first moved from Canada to L.A. in 2009, a woman approached him on the street asking for a handout.