Jack Black canceled the world tour dates for Tenacious D after his bandmate’s comment on the assassination attempt on Donald Trump.
Actor and musician Jack Black announced on Monday (July 15) that he was canceling the rest of Tenacious D’s world tour after his bandmate, Kyle Gass made a joke about the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The incident took place at the duo’s show in Sydney, Australia on Sunday. Gass was presented with a cake honoring his 64th birthday onstage, and when asked what his wish was, he reportedly said: “Don’t miss Trump next time.”
“I was blindsided by what was said at the show on Sunday. I would never condone hate speech or encourage political violence in any form,” Black wrote in a post that was shared on his Instagram account. “After much reflection, I no l longer feel it appropriate to continue the Tenacious D tour,” he continued, also saying that the group’s “creative plans are on hold.”
United Party Australia senator Ralph Babet had called for the band to be expelled from the country. “I call on the prime minister Anthony Albanese to join me in denouncing Tenacious D, Jack Black and band member Kyle Gass, and I call on the immigration minister Andrew Giles to revoke their visas and deport them immediately,” Babet said on Tuesday. (July 16) “Anything less than a deportation is an endorsement of the shooting and the attempted assassination of Donald J Trump.”
Gass would offer his apology through Instagram on Monday. “The line I improvised onstage Sunday night in Sydney was highly inappropriate, dangerous and a terrible mistake,” he wrote. “I don’t condone violence of any kind, in any form, against anyone. What happened was a tragedy, and I’m incredibly sorry for my severe lack of judgement. I profoundly apologise to those I’ve let down and truly regret any pain I’ve caused.”
The situation occurred a day after a would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, aimed and shot at the former president as he was holding a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday evening (July 13), reportedly grazing his ear. After firing six to eight rounds with an AR-15 which killed one bystander and critically wounded two others, the 20-year-old was killed by snipers from the Secret Service.
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