Jack Black cancels Tenacious D tour after Kyle Gass's comments about Donald Trump
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Kyle Gass sparked an outcry with a comment on stage about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

Jack Black announced on Instagram that he’s cancelled the rest of the Tenacious D world tour and placed future projects on hiatus.

This happened after his bandmate Kyle Gass sparked controversy by commenting on the recent Donald Trump assassination attempt.

At their recent Sydney show, Kyle Gass was given a birthday cake and asked to make a wish for his 64th birthday, to which he said “Don’t miss Trump next time.”

In his later statement, Black said he was “blindsided” by his bandmate’s comment and condemned any calls for political violence.

  • brenticus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1483·
    5 months ago

    I think it’s complicated a bit by the fact that this was said on stage at one of their shows. I think canceling the tour is a gross overreaction, but with the current political climate (even ignoring the assassination attempt) I can understand some hesitancy to proceed if anyone is going to be associating them with calls for political violence.

    All that said… based birthday wish, fully agree with Gass’s joke.

      • Fuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.eeEnglish
        472·
        5 months ago

        Agree. Absolutely not a joke. Former president has caused, is causing, and will continue to cause active violent harm to the country, but it’s not appropriate to talk about how justified it is to stop him?

        He’s literally above the law now; there is no peaceful way to adequately deal with him in a timely manner. He, his conservative judges, and the republicans in power have backed the American people into a corner of violence.

        • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.worldEnglish
          241·
          5 months ago

          He murdered thousands of people with a willful mishandling of a pandemic virus for stupid and shortsighted reasons. He is a mass murderer and terrorist who may become President again. And people are worried about fucking decency.

      • Scubus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        214·
        5 months ago

        Fighting Satan and kage getting anal raped by Satan: I sleep

        Kage making a joke about a fascist dictator pedophile convicted felon getting shot: real shit

        God teir cringe

    • scottywh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      417·
      5 months ago

      I was with you right up until you used based…

      Now I’m blocking you to cut down on the borked brain comments I see.

      • brenticus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        92·
        5 months ago

        What a shame, you’ve contributed greatly to this conversation, you will be missed 🙏