Jack Black has said he’s cancelled the rest of the Tenacious D world tour after his bandmate Kyle Gass sparked an outcry with a comment about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.

The comedy rock group were on stage in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday when Gass was asked to make a wish after being presented with a cake for his 64th birthday.

He appeared to reply: "Don’t miss Trump next time."

Gass also split with his agent following the incident.

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[+] 321 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (12 children)
  • [–] 134 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    JB’s response may be more of a concern for their safety than just an attempt to mitigate bad publicity. There are a lot more Trump supporters with guns than without.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago

    It's probably more they don't want crazy fucking trumpers taking shots at them. This is a safety issue a very real one. The band probably agrees with what he said but not enough to get killed over it. Which again is a very real possibility. These crazies almost got Trump with his security while Jack black walks around the venue of his shows alone before gigs.

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    [–] 225 points 2 years ago (62 children)

    Serious question for anyone who believes political violence is never ok: at what point on the timeline do you think it was ok to respond to Hitler with violence?

    1923 Beer Hall Putsch? SA violence in the early 30s? The Nazi party being sworn into power in 1933? Reischstag Fire? Night of the Long Knives?

    Trump already has the support of a bought and paid for corrupt court, and we've already had Jan 6th. He's promised to be dictator on day 1.

    Is political violence truly never the answer?

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  • [–] 54 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Calls for order over justice is the hallmark of someone who never had to fight for their rights. It's a position of privilege.

    Something something letter from Birmingham Jail

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago

    Yup, exactly this. DARVO is the standard abusers’ playbook, and it also applies to oppression.

    D is Deny/Downplay. “No, oppression doesn’t happen. And if it does, it’s not as bad as you’re making it out to be.”

    A is Attack. When they can’t deny it anymore, they’ll go on the offensive. Try to redirect the focus back to the victim. “Well what about…”

    RVO is Reverse Victim and Offender. When outright attacking the victim doesn’t work, they move on to playing the victim. Make the real victim look bad, to garner sympathy. Pretend to be the helpless one in the situation, and say that the victim is attacking you for no reason.

    When the oppressed fight back, the oppressors will act offended and use it to further victimize the oppressed.

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    [–] 188 points 2 years ago (28 children)

    I guess trump is the only one allowed to make disrespectful comments about other people that almost die and it is just ok.

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    [–] 117 points 2 years ago (15 children)

    I don't think the comment was appropriate but I also don't think it was really necessary to cancel the tour over it. It was a joke made in poor taste. Worth an apology? Sure. But this seems like an overreaction.

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  • [–] 49 points 2 years ago*

    The fact they cancelled the tour and that he split with his manager, makes me believe it wasn't that harmonic anymore and it was the final straw.

    If not, I agree it was a massive overreaction.

    Inciting violence is not appropriate, but he could've easily just said he should've kept it to himself and move on.

    Maybe he feels he can't be a showman and be all fun when democracy is at stake.

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    [–] 111 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Trump assassination attempt causes Tenacious D to break up was not on my 2024 bingo card.

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    [+] 97 points 2 years ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 71 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    I guess because...uh...I don't know, other then black just wanting out of the band, this doesn't make a lot of sense.

    He said he was "blindsided" by the comment.

    Blindsided? Aren't they friends?

    Blindsided? By a sentiment I imagine people had been making jokes about since it happened?

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    [–] 70 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Huge overreaction by Jack Black.

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    [–] 70 points 2 years ago

    Today we are all Kyle Gass fans

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  • [–] 52 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    He’s a comedian. Yes this was in poor taste but as a comedian sometimes you swing and miss.

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    [–] 50 points 2 years ago

    When push comes to shove Jack Black folds. Sad to see.

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  • [–] 50 points 2 years ago

    What a Disney bitch

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    [–] 32 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Last week  Kyle quit the band  Now we're back together  Misunderstanding  Didn't understand  It doesn't matter  Now we're back together again

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    [–] 27 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I like how they managed to shoehorn Musk in there. Thanks BBC, very, uh, relevant.

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    If they can say the quiet part out loud, why can’t we?

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