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Podcaster Joe Rogan called out comedians who criticize politically incorrect comedy at a Kevin Hart roast, arguing Friday that they don’t respect the craft of comedy as a profession.
Hart’s latest roast made waves with his off-the-cuff jokes that pissed off people across the political spectrum. Netflix’s latest roast special was notorious for jokes about publisher divorces, dead relatives and many other taboo topics. During the night, Tony Hinchcliffe made headlines for appearing as if George Floyd was watching the show from hell, saying, “The Black community is proud of you right now. George Floyd is looking up at us, laughing so hard he can’t breathe.”
Jokes like this and others have created tension among comedians, especially among liberal circles or in the Black community, who have begun to criticize Hart, saying that he should have intervened in some way.
Rogan spoke to fellow comedian Harland Williams about how much of the public doesn’t know how brutal roasts can be, by their very nature, because they’ve been removed from American culture until recently.
“It’s been in the zeitgeist for a long time, right? So those things don’t belong to kids. Grilled jokes are f—ing cruel. They’ve always been f—ing bad,” Rogan said, adding that the late Patrice O’Neal could “crack” an entire arena with his sharp humor.
SHANE GILLIS HURTS, LAUGHING AT CHELSEA HANDLER’S JOKE AT KEVIN HART ROAST.
Producer Joe Rogan said that it’s one thing for everyday people who don’t know roasts to be offended by the jokes told at the roast, it’s another thing for seasoned comedians to criticize it, saying they should know better and may be showing outrage to get attention. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)
“The thing is, if you’re human, and you’re not used to roasts, and you don’t get why those jokes are so disgusting, I get it,” Rogan said. “But comedians – comedians who don’t get offended by these hot jokes… F— all the way. Just f— off, you f—ing traitor. You know what this is. You know exactly what this is. You’re a f—ing traitor. You’re just using this time to try to improve yourself, to try to make it happen.”
He continued, “You can argue with the content. You can say, ‘I think they went too far with this,’ But this is f—ing to pretend these people are real racists and Nazis just because they’re telling these grilled jokes? Like, f— all the way.”
“Yeah. Don’t be rude, go out, play hockey if you don’t want to play hockey,” Williams agreed. “Sit on the bench. Don’t talk bad about people who play hockey.”
PETE DAVIDSON PICKS BACK A OBVIOUS JOKE ABOUT SLAIN CHARLIE KIRK DURING A NETFLIX ROAST
Comedian Kevin Hart has butted heads with host Charlamagne tha God, defending comedians who make jokes on his most popular and controversial course. (Robin L Marshall/WireImage)
Rogan agreed, recalling, “And by the way, you know who didn’t have a problem with it? Kevin f—ing Hart. Kevin f—ing Hart has defended every single person who said the worst — about him — about him being kicked out of a bonsai tree and all the worst things — they’ve said.”
“Well, you know, who else didn’t have a problem with people, corporations putting it on corporate television, on corporate airwaves,” Harland admitted.
Rogan argued that recent roasts like this have been some of the most popular content in Netflix history.
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Hart had defended the roast during an interview with Charlamagne tha God and dismissed calls that he should have stepped in to stop the alleged racist jokes on behalf of the Black community.
Hart defended Hinchcliffe’s argument set as one of the best, if not the best, of the night. He continued to remember that there were jokes made at the expense of his parents who died that night and he did not stop, and he should not be held responsible for other people’s jokes.
When he said he had a nice phone call with another critic who was offended by a George Floyd joke, and Charlamagne argued that he should lead with that to show he cares, Hart responded, “I don’t—-need to prove to people that I give a f—!”
“Yes, of course,” replied Charlamagne.
“No, I don’t want to!” Hart said. “When you open that door, that’s the door people are always waiting for. Why the f— do I have to do that?”
