But don't forget, he laughed at the joke.
Posted on 07/16/2024 7:14:01 AM PDT by conservative98
Jack Black’s band Tenacious D has cancelled its upcoming gig after United Australia Senator Ralph Babet demanded the band be deported from Australia over an "evil" joke band member Kyle Gass made about the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump.
Gass made the controversial comment during a concert in Sydney on Sunday night which coincided with his 64th birthday.
After a cake was brought out for the musician as Black sang ‘Happy Birthday’, Gass was asked to make a wish when he jokingly replied “Don’t miss Trump next time” to shocked laughter and applause.
The rockstar’s comment appeared on a now deleted TikTok but has since been shared on X, formerly Twitter, to nearly 900,000 viewers.
Since the video's circulation, Tenacious D has postponed Tuesday night's Newcastle show hours before gates were set to open despite Black being seen in the city, according to The Daily Mail.
A message on the page for Tenacious D's show reads: "Frontier Touring regret to advise that Tenacious D’s concert tonight at Newcastle Entertainment Centre has been postponed.
"Ticket holders are asked to hold onto their tickets until further information is available."
The video of Gass making the joke was met with outrage from more than a thousand commenters including X-owner Elon Musk and Mr Babet who both described the comment as “evil”.
(Excerpt) Read more at skynews.com.au ...
Mr Babet later put out an official statement demanding Tenacious D “be immediately removed from the country after wishing for the assassination of Donald Trump at their Sydney concert”.
“I condemn in the strongest possible way the call to political violence by Tenacious D in Sydney on Sunday,” he said.
“To advocate and or wish for the assassination of a President is egregious, disgusting, filthy, evil, and not acceptable in any way, shape or form.”
The comment made by Gass was “not a joke” and is to be taken as a “deadly serious” wish for the “death” of the former president, Mr Babet argued.
“I call on the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese to join me in denouncing Tenacious D, Jack Black and band member Kyle Gass, and I call on the Immigration Minister Andrew Giles to revoke their visas and deport them immediately,” the senator said.
“Anything less than deportation is an endorsement of the shooting and attempted assassination of Donald J. Trump, the 45th and soon-to-be 47th President of the United States.”
But don't forget, he laughed at the joke.
Good - it’s time we all confront these miscreants.
Jack Black has cancelled the rest of his tour after receiving backlash when his bandmate said, “don’t miss Trump next time."
Now Australia wants him and his a**hole friend to leave the country 😂— Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) July 16, 2024
His BS response pic.twitter.com/8OqXPWnkYE— Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) July 16, 2024
What a despicable, sickening “apology.” He essentially disavows that he said it even though there is irrefutable evidence. It is SO typical of leftists to disavow their statements even shortly after they make them and they are video recorded. “Who ya gonna believe? Your eyes and ears? Or what I tell you I said or didn’t say?”
I’m not surprised. A close friend of Jack Black.
Jack Black is your typical not-too-bright Obama supporter.
Here’s proof:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I01Jx7k0lTw
Of course, they had to use, ahem, “language” but it’s bleeped out
trying to save his butt and his career. He is a big Biden supporter but he is not the one who made the comment. It is the appropriate move. It also may have been forced on him by Australian politicians.
Hey Jack…ESAD!
[Now Australia wants him and his friend to leave the country 😂]
GOOD
Jack BLACK has a BLACK heart...DISGUSTING low life.
It suddenly occurred to these people that showbiz personalities don’t get presidential details, such as they are, and are a lot easier to kill.
CYA is all that is. his (and his bandmates) mouth finally hit them in the wallet.
bad!
that means they have to come back here.
Jack Black didn't say it. Another member of the band, Kyle Gass, said it.
This is Australia, deport them where, here? And we’d take ‘em.
Australia is awake? Fantastic.
I’ll take it at face value until it’s proven to be otherwise..
“Jack Black didn’t say it.”
Thanks for the clarification, but read my comment again. I did NOT say who made the remark at all. I’m just pointing out the leftist behavior of 1) disavowing the said what they said regardless of video and audio evidence that they actually said it and 2) the issuance of a very weak non-apology apology.
Permitted. He used his freedom of speech and is receiving those consequences. Good for him.
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