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Jack Black cancels Tenacious D tour and places future projects on hold after Kyle Gass comments on Trump (www.bbc.co.uk)

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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.

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[–] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 408 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (34 children)

Thankfully, it's not the commentary I was afraid he'd offered. JB sounds spineless in this, it was a joke and an honest expression of the very real existential fear people feel towards Trump rule.

I fucking hate this. Trump gets on mic everyday to wish death on some innocent groups of people but we're fucking forbidden from joking about it towards him?

Edit: I hope everyone who downvotes me gets very peacefully and nonviolently re-educated.

[–] z500@startrek.website 25 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Personally I was hoping for a heart attack. Did anyone think an assassination, successful or not, wouldn't just lead to a complete shit-show?

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I was hoping the "excitement" of almost being killed would have lead to a heart attack, but who am I kidding? This is The Worst Timeline™ everything goes to shit and the absolute worst of us live forever and get everything they want...

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

This is The Worst Timeline™

Watch out, next time a bullet grazes him, he'll get superpowers instead

[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

a shit show yes, but maybe less of a shitshow than a second term as POTUS.

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