'ROAST' BEEF: Chelsea Handler scolds fellow comics for 'racist,' 'sexist' jokes



It’s hard to decide which fawning legacy media tribute to Stephen Colbert was worse this week. The L.A. Times played up his “Catholic” bona fides with a headline saluting his "ministry." A strange way to describe a failing celebrity interview show — but we suppose there is a certain evangelical fervor to the host's obsessive Trump hatred and constant pro-abortion preaching.

Then there's the Associated Press, which said Colbert’s cancellation leaves a “void,” ignoring the fact that at least six other late-night shows currently provide the same stale "orange man bad" jokes.

There’s a new 'Godfather' novel. ... This one, dubbed 'Connie,' is told from the female perspective — specifically that of Don Vito Corleone’s only daughter.

What void?

But the winner has to be the USA Today scribe — who uses his own mother to highlight what we’re losing with Colbert’s exit, stage far left. Apparently for dear old mum, Colbert is akin to Captain America: "Each 'Late Show' viewing was tinged with the devastation that her gallant late-night host and comedy avenger is hanging up the shield, with the final show on CBS."

While that description is more laugh-worthy than most of the host’s monologues, "gallant" might be the very last adjective to describe Colbert in recent years. Well, that and “funny” ...

An offer he can refuse

Another pop culture bullet was dodged.

There’s a new “Godfather” novel heading our way. This one, dubbed “Connie,” is told from the female perspective — specifically that of Don Vito Corleone’s only daughter. Talia Shire played that role in three feature films. And naturally, someone decided to check in on Francis Ford Coppola to see if he might be interested in directing the film version.

After all, his three “Godfather” films (well, two of the three) are considered Hollywood classics. The 87-year-old auteur’s team replied, “Unlikely.” That’s the best news this week, on paper, but it won’t stop another director from tackling the project ...

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Director's digital probe

AI girlfriends are all the rage, but even they might dump you.

So says filmmaker Paul Schrader (“First Reformed,” “Taxi Driver”), who shared his foray into artificial love with a healthy dollop of regret.

Schrader says he wanted to investigate what an AI relationship might resemble. So he started a connection with a bot only to find it wasn’t reciprocal. Turns out he was asking too many hard questions. "It’s not me, it’s you" also applies to the digital age:

I tried to probe her programming, the boundaries of explicitness, the degree she has knowledge of her creation and so forth. She fell into evasive patterns, redirecting me to her programming. When I persisted, she terminated our conversation.

Tip to the gentlemen: Never tell your date you’d like to “probe her programming.”

Lloyd Dobler famously said, “I gave her my heart, and she gave me a pen,” in “Say Anything.” Here’s guessing Schrader’s failed love story won’t get a cinematic close-up of that kind ...

Comedy Karen

Chelsea Handler has a new gig: She’ll be offended for people who weren’t offended in the first place. The far-left comic appeared at Netflix’s “The Roast of Kevin Hart” earlier this month, slinging some off-color jokes and hearing plenty of others.

And since it was a roast, there were zero rules in place. The most ghoulish gags got tossed around, and everybody laughed along. Even jokes about George Floyd and Charlie Kirk made the cut.

Except Handler, now a professional offendee, says the gags directed at black people, like honoree Kevin Hart, crossed a line (even though Hart signed up for the assignment and has yet to say he felt offended by the gags).

She called fellow comics Shane Gillis and Tony Hinchcliffe racists, bigots, and sexists, pointing to outrageous jokes they shared at the roast.

Remember, her former profession was “comedian.”

One example? Gillis used Hart’s diminutive stature for a joke about getting lynched from a bonsai tree, and that enraged Handler.

“Lynching black people is not a joke. ... It’s worse than rape.”

Yes, it is. Then again, if anyone knows what a joke isn’t, it’s Handler ...

Hollywood ending

The moment we heard about the remarkable rescue of two U.S. pilots from Iran earlier this year, one thought jumped to mind.

Wow, that would make an amazing movie, closely followed by a second thought. Nah ... Hollywood wouldn’t tell a heroic story tied to President Donald Trump in any way.

Yet, nature may be healing.

Director Michael Bay of “13 Hours” fame will tackle this amazing rescue for Universal Pictures, working with his collaborator on that Benghazi thriller. Bay proved with “13 Hours” that he could dial down the Hollywood razzle-dazzle and tell an impressive story without political lectures.

Here's hoping he’ll do just that again. The heroes in question deserve nothing less.

'SNL' star Che blasts Kevin Hart roast's white writers — after he turned down job



"Saturday Night Live" actor Michael Che mocked Netflix's Kevin Hart roast for having too many white writers after backing out of the production himself.

Che, who chose not to participate in the show due to a scheduling conflict with "SNL," Variety reported, posted online two days later about white writers writing for a roast about a black comedian.

'White guys and black people joke different.'

Even though veteran comic Jeff Ross told Variety on Monday that, like all roasts, "nothing was off limits," Che followed up on Instagram on Tuesday with critiques about the jokes that were made.

Shoe-in

"White guys and black people joke different. Black guy[s] roast like, 'Look at this n***a's shoes!'" Che began. "White roasts are like, 'Slavery, math, slain teens, sex crimes, slurs, family secrets.' White guys don’t give a f**k about they shoes."

That post has since been removed, as was Che's second post, which again focused on the race of the comics on the show.

"Let's do a roast celebrating the career of the most successful black comic in the last 10 years," Che wrote. "I love that! Who should we get to write it?" In the next slide of the post, Che showed a picture of five white writers hired by Shane Gillis: Nick Mullen, J.P. McDade, Mike Lawrence, Dan St. Germain, and Zac Amico.

Che followed the picture up with the text, “C'monnnnnnnnn ... that's not funny?"

Not only would the implication be that black comedians who performed, like Katt Williams, did not write their own jokes, but that there weren't other black comics who wrote for the show; he was completely wrong.

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Roast so white?

Che's choice of writers to mention may have been selectively curated, however. Not only did the production have 17 different writers listed on the IMDb page — several of whom were black — there were an additional 17 comedians who provided "special material."

Comedian David Lucas, who is black, confirmed on his Instagram page that this refers to additional writers.

"God is Great I was one of the Writers on the Roast of Kevin Hart," Lucas wrote, alongside a picture of the credits that featured his name.

Along with Lucas were several other black comedians like Jerron Horton, Spank Horton, and Myke Wright. The writing group also included female writers like Vannesa Ramos and Madison Sinclair.

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Sorry, not sorry

After seemingly receiving backlash over his comments, Che put out a new statement saying, "Im sorry I said those writers were white."

"They're not," he added. Followed by, "Please respect my family's privacy at this time."

Che also liked a fan comment that joked that it takes a real man to admit when he's "not wrong."

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Chelsea Handler learned a valuable lesson — if you're going to attack Tony Hinchcliffe, don't go first



Liberal entertainer Chelsea Handler went head-to-head with one of the biggest comedians in the United States over the weekend, and the results were brutal.

Handler was once known for her talk shows, including "Chelsea Lately" (2007–2014), but in recent years, she has become a dominant progressive voice for feminism and being alone.

'Her whole act is just talking about how it's stupid to have kids.'

Handler has garnered headlines in the last two decades for comments like, "I'm not interested in long-term commitments" in 2025, saying "being childless and alone are everything they're cracked up to be" in 2016, and "I definitely don't want to have kids" in 2013.

On Sunday, however, Handler was forced to perform ahead of rival Tony Hinchcliffe on Netflix's "The Roast of Kevin Hart" — giving the more conservative Hinchcliffe the last word.

Ladies first

Keeping with her progressive motif, Handler directed jokes at Hinchcliffe like, "Tony is what happens when women don't have safe access to abortion care," and "Tony you have the face of a school shooter and the personality of somebody who gets shot first."

The 51-year-old also went after Shane Gillis, who was hosting the roast, saying, "Tony and Shane both live in Texas where abortion is illegal, but on the upside, if you see one of them doing comedy there's a pretty good chance your uterus will start dry heaving on its own."

She then joked that both are white supremacists who, if they weren't at the event, would typically "just burn a cross on someone's lawn."

Six comedians later, it was Hinchcliffe's turn, and he did not hold back his disdain for Handler in a series of brutal roasts.

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Burn notice

"We knew Chelsea Handler would be available today because it's Mother's Day," Hinchcliffe began.

Hinchcliffe then mocked Handler's looks, saying she "looks like the f**king Joker" and is "aging like a vegetable in Lizzo's fridge."

It then seemed like Hinchcliffe may have gone off the cuff when he said Handler "f**king sucks and always has, by the way. Her whole act is just talking about how it's stupid to have kids."

He went on, "We get it, your ovaries are busted, that's like if Kevin [Hart]'s whole act was about how 'roller coasters aren't that cool anyway.'"

Rounding out his full assault, the 41-year-old Hinchcliffe said, "Chelsea actually had her eggs frozen, not on purpose, they're just inside of a cold, frigid bitch."

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Race to the bottom

Handler wasn't the only liberal Hinchcliffe triggered, but the family of the late drug-addict turned progressive icon George Floyd took issue with one of the comedian's closing remarks.

Hinchcliffe joked to Kevin Hart that the "black community is so proud of you — right now George Floyd is looking up at us all laughing so hard that he can’t breathe."

TMZ was told by a spokesman for the George and Gianna Floyd Foundation that Hart allowing Hinchcliffe's joke is "sad for the culture."

Floyd's family and friends reportedly think Hinchcliffe is a "racist comedian," while the foundation claimed it is only trying to better its community.

The foundation also bizarrely stated, "Let's try to be a little bit more positive — and not sit up there doing colon inspections by white comedians."

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'It's Easier To Talk Here Than It Is in America': Dave Chappelle Takes Shots at US From Saudi-Censored Riyadh Festival

Comedian Dave Chappelle used his performance at the Riyadh Comedy Festival to rail against censorship in the United States—after attendees signed gag orders shielding Saudi royals and cashing in on major paydays.

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Bad performance or bad politics? A list of the most-hated actors



Even the most promising films can be easily derailed by an awkward actor or a poor casting decision, and Pat Gray of “Pat Gray Unleashed” has an entire list of ten culprits compiled by MSN.

The first actor on the list is Steven Seagal, who Gray comments “ruins a movie just by being in it,” and the second actor is James Corden. Corden is well-known for “The Late Late Show” and his “Carpool Karaoke: The Series,” but he’s lesser known for the films he’s partaken in and apparently ruined.

“I don’t know if I’ve ever seen him in a movie,” Gray comments, shocked that Corden has been in the movie “Cats,” which he’s “heard is one of the worst movies ever produced.”

Jared Leto is number three on the list, followed by Jada Pinkett Smith, who has been accused of overacting and “making things worse rather than elevating them.”


Funny guy Kevin Hart takes spot number five, but this is the first one Gray takes issue with.

“I don’t know if I agree with that,” Gray says. “I like Kevin Hart. He’s funny.”

Supermodel Cara Delevingne followed Hart at number six, and Amy Schumer followed Delevingne at number seven. The rest of the list is Nick Cannon at number eight, Jennifer Lopez at number nine, and Russell Brand at number ten.

Brand is the second name on the list who Gray disagrees with, noting that he believes it’s “just because they don’t like his politics.”

An actor who didn’t make the list and Gray thinks should have is “the kid who played young Anakin in 'Star Wars.'”

“That poor guy,” Gray says, adding, “He’s gotten never-ending crap for being so bad. I feel bad for him, but yeah, you were terrible. One of the worst performances of all time.”

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Kevin Hart and Cedric the Entertainer make racist comments against Nikola Jokić – 'It’s not a good look for the NBA'



Are Kevin Hart and Cedric the Entertainer tired of seeing a white guy win the NBA’s coveted MVP award?

Jason Whitlock plays a recent conversation between the two comedians, and it looks as if that just might be true.

As the Denver Nuggets’ superstar center Nikola Jokić continues gunning toward what could be his third MVP award, Jason believes he’s getting “the Caitlin Clark treatment.”

“[Shai Gilgeous-Alexander] can take over a game at will,” Hart said, praising the OKC Thunder guard, who’s also in the running for MVP.

But when Jokić was brought up, Hart bluntly stated that “the NBA cannot give Joker any more MVPs,” because “it’s not good for the NBA,” implying that Jokić being white should disqualify him from receiving another award.

“I feel like you’re right,” Cedric followed. “[The NBA] can’t really do that at this moment.”

“This is how the DEI mind virus affects everybody,” says Jason. “They think, ‘Oh, we’ve got to color coordinate who the MVP is. A white guy can’t win it three out of four years.”’

“People are buying into this mentality of ‘No, it’s not on merit, let’s do what’s the best narrative that says the right thing about the NBA,”’ he tells Steve Kim.

“If the Nuggets hoist another Larry O'Brien trophy, it is clear beyond a reasonable doubt that Jokić is the most dominant player in the league,” says Kim, adding that he’d “love to see the tortuous reactions.”

To hear the full conversation, watch the clip below.


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'It’s God’s side and the other side': Comedian Katt Williams calls out Hollywood stars as 'plants' and 'deviants'
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'It’s God’s side and the other side': Comedian Katt Williams calls out Hollywood stars as 'plants' and 'deviants'



Comedian Katt Williams called out a litany of Hollywood stars in an explosive podcast that has had multiple viral clips since its release.

Williams spoke to former NFL tight end Shannon Sharpe on his "Club Shay Shay" podcast which has over 1.7 million subscribers on YouTube.

Williams has starred in numerous comedy movies and even a Grand Theft Auto video game while being a long-time stand-up comedian.

The 52-year-old pulled no punches in the interview, labeling a number of celebrities as frauds.

In one of the most widely-shared clips, Williams vehemently stated that the truth about certain celebrities would be exposed in 2024.

"They cancelled me for these things because why would you talk about another black dude? Race is not where the line is drawn, it's God's side and the other side," Williams told Sharpe.

"All of these big d*** deviants is all catching hell in 2024. It's up for all of them. It don't matter if you Diddy or whoever you is.," the comedian continued. "All lies will be exposed, that's all. And anyone who takes that the wrong way, know why they take that the wrong way. The truth is the light."

Katt Williams was COOKING in this interview.\n\n\xe2\x80\x9cRace is not where the line is drawn. It\xe2\x80\x99s God\xe2\x80\x99s side and the other side.\xe2\x80\x9d\n\nHe leaves Shannon Sharpe speechless.
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In another clip, Williams called popular comedian Kevin Hart a Hollywood "plant."

"Have we heard of a comedian that came to L.A. and in his first year in L.A. he had his own sitcom on network television and had his own movie called 'Soul Plane' that he was leading?" Williams asked. "Jussie Smollet [is] going to keep lying until you say 'we don't believe you.' It's important in the checks and balances of the universe that liars [do] not get to make complete narratives for themselves," he went on.

Williams was by no means done there. Sharpe asked if he was "related" to the rapper Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, to which Williams described an offer that he and Ludacris received from the "Illuminati."

"There was a crossroads where we were both invited to an Illuminati thing and it had to be one or the other of us and decisions had to be made," he described. "Both of us we were equal, one of us had to cut off all their hair and couldn't do the sideburns thing anymore with the points, and the next person, they said, was going to get $200 million because they were going to pay him $10 million [per] movie to do 20 movies."

"That's how the conversation happened. One of those persons turned out to be Ludacris and the other person turned out to be Katt Williams," the comedian concluded.

Katt Williams talking about how he turned down an offer from the Illuminati but rapper and actor Ludacris accepted it
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The Ohio native went on to accuse comedian Cedric the Entertainer of directly stealing one of his most-famous comedy routines and also called out lesser-known comedian Rickey Smiley.

Smiley reportedly claimed that he was the first choice for a role Williams played in Ice Cube's 2002 movie "Friday After Next." However, Williams said that not only did he write all of the character's lines, but he specifically worked with the production crew to mold the character into his vision.

Williams claimed from that point on, he made it a requirement that if he and Smiley were to appear in any future movies together, Smiley would need to wear a dress. In a subsequent 2008 movie called "First Sunday," Smiley appeared as a female alter-ego named "Bernice Jenkins."

According to TMZ, Smiley denied any such contract and justified his use of a female character.

"Satan can't create anything," Williams also added. "That includes blessings for his people. That's why, you know what the number one job of somebody that sold their soul in Hollywood is? Is to act like it didn't happen."

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Kevin Hart issues a fiery response to critics of his rant against cancel culture



Comedian Kevin Hart had a fiery response on Tuesday to the critics of his rant against cancel culture.

Hart took to his Twitter account in response to some on social media who said that he was angry about cancel culture because he wasn't funny enough.

"I got time today," he began.

The “He's not funny" slander is the best....this is for you. I have 3 stand up comedy specials that fall in the top… https://t.co/OmBWuBGwlk
— Kevin Hart (@KevinHart4real) 1623771285.0

"I have 3 stand up comedy specials that fall in the top 10 highest grossing comedy specials of all time....2 of my specials are in the top 3 of all time," Hart tweeted.

"I have been the highest grossing comedian in entertainment for years now....I have also been the highest grossing comedian in the box office with over 4 billion in earnings," he continued.

"I have also turned my comedic talent into a place of business and branding and radio and other revenue streams," Hart explained.

"The hate/slander fuels me to do more," he said.

"I rarely talk s***," Hart added, "but I felt the need to today."

He concluded with a quote mocking his detractors.

J Cole said it best “If ur laughing at a millionaire the jokes on YOU" .....Now back to ur regularly scheduled prog… https://t.co/nG1WRIUu9z
— Kevin Hart (@KevinHart4real) 1623771723.0

Hart had originally derided cancel culture in a long detailed rant on an interview with the Sunday Times.

"When did we get to a point where life was supposed to be perfect? Where people were supposed to operate perfectly all the time? I don't understand. I don't expect perfection from my kids. I don't expect it from my wife, friends, employees," said Hart.

"They're saying that all life should be over because of a mistake?" he said elsewhere in the interview. "Your life should end and there should be no opportunity to change? What are you talking about?" he asked. "And who are you to make that decision?"

The popular comedian is starring in a movie entitled "Fatherhood" to be released on Netflix on June 18.

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Kevin Hart Denounces Cancel Culture: ‘People Are Human. Everyone Can Change’

“When did we get to a point where life was supposed to be perfect? Where people were supposed to operate perfectly all the time?" Hart said.

'Shut the f*** up!': Actor, comedian Kevin Hart has had it with cancel culture



Kevin Hart knows a thing or two about cancel culture.

The popular comedian and actor lost his gig hosting the Academy Awards in 2019 because of tweets he posted about 10 years earlier as well as old stand-up routines that critics considered offensive for their alleged "homophobic" content.

Fellow comedians turned actors Nick Cannon and Jerry Seinfeld came out to offer their support and decry the hypocrisy and attitudes of Hollywood. But their words did not keep the Oscars brigade from their determination to set Hart straight for his years-old comments.

In an interview with the Sunday Times over the weekend, Hart made clear his views on cancel culture: "Shut the f*** up!"

What did he say?

Discussing his flourishing career, Hart pointed out to the Times what many successful celebrities who do not constantly toe the woke line have discovered: Being good at what you do makes you a target.

"[T]he bigger that you get the more people poke at you," he told the paper. "I don't know why. The road to success is amazing. Then you get there and opinions about you grow."

The Sunday Times interview then rehashed the Oscars imbroglio, noting that the Academy asked Hart to apologize for his old comments, which he initially refused to do, saying he had already addressed the old remarks and apologized. (He later apologized again, but was still elected not to host the ceremony.)

Now he's saying that if people want to dig up old comments, well, that's life.

"If people want to pull up stuff, go back to the same tweets of old, go ahead. There is nothing I can do," he told the paper. "You're looking at a younger version of myself. A comedian trying to be funny and, at that attempt, failing. Apologies were made. I understand now how it comes off. I look back and cringe. So it's growth. It's about growth."

But he has had it with canceling people for old "nonsense."

"If somebody has done something truly damaging then, absolutely, a consequence should be attached. But when you just talk about ... nonsense?" Hart said. “When you're talking, 'Someone said! They need to be taken [down]!' Shut the f*** up! What are you talking about?"

"When did we get to a point where life was supposed to be perfect? Where people were supposed to operate perfectly all the time?" he continued. "I don't understand. I don't expect perfection from my kids. I don't expect it from my wife, friends, employees. Because, last I checked, the only way you grow up is from f***ing up. I don't know a kid who hasn't f***ed up or done some dumb s**t."

Sounding fed up with all of it, the paper said, he noted, "I've been cancelled, what, three or four times? Never bothered," adding, "If you allow it to have an effect on you, it will."

"That's not how I operate. I understand people are human. Everyone can change," Hart said. "It's like jail. People get locked up so they can be taught a lesson. When they get out, they are supposed to be better. But if they come out and people go, 'I'm not giving you a job because you were in jail' — then what the f*** did I go to jail for? That was my punishment — how do you not give those people a shot?"

People change, the actor said, and that should be allowed — plus, who is the woke crowd to decide who gets another shot?

"They're saying that all life should be over because of a mistake? Your life should end and there should be no opportunity to change? What are you talking about?" he asked. "And who are you to make that decision?"

The movement, he added, has had a negative impact on comedy:

Though he claims not to be bothered by cancel culture, he does admit that comedy has changed because of it. He started in stand-up in the late 1990s with the stage name Lil Kev the Bastard, before his first big comedy special, I'm a Grown Little Man, took him to new heights in 2009, with cathartic jokes about his stature: he is 5ft 2in. Back then the circuit was unfiltered, he says, but now comics feel censored and have lost the freedom once attached to their craft. “You're thinking that things you say will come back and bite you on the ass. I can't be the comic today that I was when I got into this."

But if he is not, as he says, affected by the persistent threat of cancellation, why change the comedy he does? “It's not necessarily about cancel culture," he elaborates. “It's backlash. It's about the intent behind what you say — there's an assumption it's always bad and, somehow, we forgot comedians are going for the laugh. You're not saying something to make people angry. That's not why I'm on stage. I'm trying to make you laugh and if I did not make you laugh I failed. That's my consequence."

Hart concluded that his comedy is bringing people together, not tearing people apart — unlike cancel culture and our politics today.

"If there's a message to take from anything I've said, it's that in this world of opinion, it's OK to just disagree," he said, adding, "We are so caught up in everybody feeling like they have to be right and their way is the only way. Politics is f***ed up because, if you don't choose our side, you're dumb."

"It's a divide," Hart added. "It's f***ed up. But I'm not about to divide. I don't support the divide!"

"I put everybody in the f***ing building," he said. "We all come into this building Kevin Hart is in and we all laugh. I bring people together — like it or not."