I think a lot of the issue here is that he is naming real people, and that he is apparently trying to get a real, serious message across using these fables.

some of the people he mentions in his act have tried to get him to stop using their names and stories

[The “white girl" who supposedly left him] also says that she and her family frequently face online attacks when Minhaj fans link her real identity to the fake anecdote.

Despite the flood of lies. all personalized as if they actually happened in his life, Minhaj told the magazine that he does not regret his actions.
“I don’t think I’m manipulating. I think they are coming for the emotional roller-coaster ride. To the people that are, like, ‘Yo, that is way too crazy to happen,’ I don’t care because yes, f* yes—that’s the point. It’s grounded in truth,” he insisted.
“I think what I’m ultimately trying to do is highlight all of those stories. Building to what I think is a pointed argument as opposed to a ‘pointless riff’ of jokes,” Minhaj explained.