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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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[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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.world 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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