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.

  • Clbull@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    215·
    4 months ago

    I think the shitty thing is that for someone who was supposedly “blindsided” by what Gass said, he was chuckling at it.

    This is either Jack Black throwing his bandmate under the bus because he otherwise would have been pulled from future movie projects, or they’ve received more than enough hateful comments and death threats from Trump supporters that they’ve been spooked into cancelling the tour for safety reasons.

    • iAmTheTotEnglish
      293·
      4 months ago

      This is a strange take to me. Nervous laughter is, famously, a thing. You can simultaneously be surprised by something that was said, not actually support it, but still laugh. Especially when you’re in the middle of a show, literally on a stage, in front of thousands of people.

      • acosmichippo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        4 months ago

        yeah, he probably didn’t fully process the possible ramifications of a comment like that in the middle of a performance.