Tony Hinchcliffe’s George Floyd joke during Kevin Hart’s Netflix roast drew major backlash. Kevin Hart said he understood why the joke was told, noting that roasts routinely use racial humor and shock value. He said the joke was not tasteful to Black audiences, but viewers could understand the intent because roasts follow a pattern. Hart compared it to other roast material, including jokes about Tom Brady. He said he was laughing at Hinchcliffe’s set until the George Floyd joke, and he did not like jokes about violent, tragic death. He also said he would not tell those jokes himself, while still understanding why they were included. A spokesperson for the Gianna and George Floyd Foundation called Hinchcliffe a racist comedian.
"Hinchcliffe, of Kill Tony podcast fame, said during his set, The Black community is so proud of you right now. George Floyd is looking up at us all, laughing so hard he can't breathe. Floyd was a Black man who was killed by white police officers in Minneapolis who knelt on his back and neck until he suffocated. Floyd's last words were, I can't breathe. Yeah, the George Floyd joke, it wasn't a tasteful joke to our culture, to our audience, Hart said."
"But our audience that's watching the roast if you're watching the roast, you get why they're doing it. You get why the racial humor is on the table. It's not I wasn't shocked! Like, that's what they do. Go look at the Tom Brady one. That's what they do. It happens every year when they do a roast. It's not new. It's not new, it's not a new agenda, it's not a new approach to comedy."
"Host Charlamagne Tha God asked, Do you feel like Tony Hinchcliffe went too far when he made that joke about George Floyd? It's Tony Hinchcliffe! Hart said. Like, I don't expect less, I don't expect more. I feel like you're saying, Going too far is the point,' Charlamagne said. I don't want to put words in your mouth. Yes! I mean, that's why you're there."
"I was laughing out loud at Tony until the joke. But not even just that joke. I don't like when people joke about violent, tragic death, Charlamagne said. Would I tell those jokes? No, said Hart. But do I get why they're being told? Yes! Travis Cains, a spokesperson for the Gianna and George Floyd Foundation, called Hinchcliffe a racist comedian."
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