Audience Is Absolutely Shocked By Jim Gaffigan's 'Grabbing A Kitty' Joke During Al Smith Dinner

At the Al Smith Dinner in New York City, Jim Gaffigan shocked the audience with a "grabbing the kitty" joke.
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[@BigBearStuff-y7u]

Hooray for awkward comedians saying the shit nobody else can get away with. Gaffigan and Gervais are desperately important voices!!!

[@cbarbski]

How dare you compare Tampon Jim to Gervais, Jim gaffigan has never ever been funny!

[@Pistonbilly]

😂 Comedy is alive and well.

[@patriciakeanini6803]

TRUMP was enjoying hisself getting in his Digs🤣🤣 and I loved it

[@smbazi]

I don't why they make such a big deal, he is allowed to grab anyone's kitties he said so himself

[@debel1206]

​@@smbaziHe Was Making A Joke About The Girl's Eagerness To Billy Bush. It Was Leaked & Taken Out Of Context For Political Purposes. He Never Touched Anybody.

[@smbazi]

@@debel1206 probably the same joke he told Epstein, if you read his lips in the video, you can see that they agree lol

[@danearl-mw4iz]

@@debel1206uh… tRump actually said in the recording that he does it

[@AnAmerican-fm3xk]

​@@danearl-mw4izNo, you're just making up nonsense now.

[@lenr7068]

Only the court jester can make this move. Bravo sir, bravo 👏👏👏

[@AdventureswithCaliandCaty]

Trump's roast at this dinner was amazing!! Hilarious!! 😁😹😅👍

[@NickyM1964]

Right!!! His writers should be writing for SNL... jus sayin.

[@MilahanPhilosophersCorner]

He is funny. But he is mellow as it gets. If you're offended by his soft comedy I gotta say you need thicker skin.

[@marilyncleveland749]

He didn't write this stuff. He was doing an interview before coming here and is just tired. He never stops. I love this guy.

[@Crystal_Lake_BnB]

"I was gonna leave that out." thats what she said

[@danearl-mw4iz]

Well done sir

[@kevin-g1w]

Unfortunately his joke perpetuated the intentional misrepresentation of what Trump said.

[@patrickmattucci6915]

Not the biggest fan of Jim Gaffigan, but he roasted everyone and it was freaking hilarious.

[@danielkokal8819]

if I had pearls I'd be clutching them over that joke.

[@averagejoe1773]

Dude this was hilarious

[@Fooney1]

HOOOOOOT Pocketssssss

[@thomasjones4265]

Sent to a labor camp😂😂 LMFAO😂😂

[@thecooljohn100]

He probably will be is the funny part. As soon as Trump gets into office, a lot of people will be investigated. Conservatives say they look free speech, but only the speech they want.

[@ricardoacain1391]

Not shocking enough to lose an election. Nothing shocks Maga men. Grrrrrrrr!

[@whatwouldgordonramsaydo]

"If you are re-elected.... I always liked you" 😂😂😂😂😂😂 im dyyiinnnggg 💀💀💀💀

[@Cohen.the.Worrier]

SHOCKED ! ! ! SHOCKED I TELL YOU Well, perhaps not that shocked.

[@paulasmith909]

Lol

[@janedow1319]

Well, Jim was right. SNAP!

[@wlnrmtl4093]

Melania did not find that funny at all. 😂

[@kennethenright4823]

Yeah, women don't have a sense of humor 😂

[@MillicentAspinet]

She was shooting him daggers for sure! Loved it.

[@PozoBlue]

@@kennethenright4823 she was laughing most of the time.

[@TarHeelTrees]

Look on her face was priceless

[@ghambonious]

Gaffigan absolutely killing it! Topical, honest, and hilarious!

[@thinkingimpaired5663]

Humor the best medicine to cure our troubled society.

[@kezmenflowers8691]

That was awesome!😂😂😂😂😂

[@John6-40]

Trump 2024

[@MrCelticml1223]

Here kitty kitty😂😂😂

[@MR-bp3in]

Its pathetic to see how these people pat themselves on the back at our expense.

[@LossAndGainIsTheSame]

Triggered?

[@edwinarnold4865]

It's really pathetic that the democratic party pad their bank account at the expense of the American people

[@John6-40]

​@LossAndGainIsTheSame Nah, I think what he's saying is that this country is so incredibly divided due to all their rhetoric, yet when they're all rubbing elbows and chuckling with each other, it seems it's all an act at our expense. So yeah, while this is pretty funny, it kinda rubbed me the wrong way as well. They're all phony.

[@edwinarnold4865]

@@John6-40 I agree with you on this

[@outdoorjanitor1551]

Making America safe for comedy again

[@marilyncleveland749]

Bloomberg is having a great time, right? He doesn't want to be there and not only doesn't he laugh but he hasn't even smiled.

[@angelafreeman2808]

Trump / Vance 2024

[@danearl-mw4iz]

might as well vote for Putin, Netanyahu, or Orban if that’s how you feel

[@eroica2392]

@@danearl-mw4iz who would be your vote?

[@John6-40]

​@@danearl-mw4izYou still really buy the Russian collusion narrative even after all these years? 🤦‍♂️

[@zatchg1212]

Who is the black woman in the front row? She sure looks like an absolute joy to be around doesn’t she?

[@sbvc1940]

She’s bored with the nonsense

[@yuukichan12]

Well she had more expression than the zombies on either side of her lol Like can someone check any of those dudes for a pulse? They don't have to react to the jokes but imma need them to breath and blink

[@paulasmith909]

Just yawned her head off. She definitely was not a fan of present and accounted for President Trump!

[@johnnybronco9118]

​@@sbvc1940Yeah...She has no sense of Humor

[@ginnymurray1869]

Bloombergs personal hearing aide.

[@Colynn666]

Gaffigan did excellent and was true the whole time..! ❤

[@lexluther934]

Chuck found the cat joke funny

[@mholmes9262]

What a difference a few years makes. Anyone else remember when he called Trump a traitor, fascist, a con man, promoter of hatred and violence, and told all of his supporters to F off? I wonder what has changed.

[@lindamack1900]

Follow The Money 💰💰💰

[@danearl-mw4iz]

Nothing has changed, he’s still that guy. “They’re eating DOGS, they’re eating CATS!”

[@sandramorning8901]

​@danearl-mw4iz Trump brought attention to the migrant problem and that's a plus!

[@Allen-yv3ue]

Perhaps a reality check -

[@danearl-mw4iz]

@@sandramorning8901 tRump told the MAGA Republiqanons in the Congress not to vote for the border bill that would’ve addressed the immigration problem because he wanted to use it as an campaign issue in the election. FACTS.

[@kenbrooks955]

What a bunch of ungodly people.

[@LossAndGainIsTheSame]

God is a fake concept

[@AuraGuzman-o2c]

Why are they shocked? Shouldn't they have been shocked that Mr. Trump made a statement like that. The time for shock was when that video was all over the airwaves. People are such hypocrites.

[@nancyglass1112]

Not offended or shocked at all. So what. He made a comment that was inappropriate.

[@ginnymurray1869]

Trump made that gaffe years ago in a private setting. It was locker room talk not meant to be broadcasted all over the place. How many would dare to cast the first stone?

[@John6-40]

​@@ginnymurray1869Good grief. The things I've said in private years ago are probably way worse.

[@ericeclifford]

Jim did great and in 100% with trump

[@maynard3legs]

Even Bloomberg laughed at this one.

[@patriciabender870]

True on the cats!!!

[@lindaritta7722]

Love it❤❤❤

[@Crackers65]

Oh come on the guy was just trying to be funny it’s all good. But remember those who laugh last laughs the hardest.

[@lisahyatt2980]

Why are they surprised cuz he's spreading a missed truth by spreading Lockerroom talk, but half the people in that room spent time doing things that they are without sin, it was a joke,

[@marilyncleveland749]

Agreed.....I admonished also (read above)

[@DC-ik1tk]

He’s too smug and not funny anymore.

[@danearl-mw4iz]

I thought it was funny tbh

[@annvasconi1697]

Trump Vance 2024

[@nickmyrvold1343]

Kamala wouldn't be able to take the jokes about herself so she didn't show.

[@diane235]

Jim G. seemed boring to me.

[@theadorebundy4514]

I remember working at McDonald's with Kamala good times..

[@MonicaGarcia-v8l]

Grabbing a kitty has dual meanings these days ;)

[@jasonrgann]

Trump for the Pump🐐🐐🐐❤️❤️❤️✝️✝️✝️

[@yl_ohmeohmy]

Did you see Melanias face when he said that?

[@nickfrost9771]

That must be a good bishop. He had to ask Trump what grab a kitty even meant. Lol

[@marilyncleveland749]

It was a nasty joke and was said with no collaboration but just another person trying to hurt him. You know, people say these things and then the whole world points their finger as if they are pure and innocent themselves. Then he gets lynched by words from the ugly people out there that feel they are better than him. They point the finger and without a trial, they are believed without even questioning or verifying. Just like Supreme Court Justice Cavanaugh. No witnesses, no one remembers anything but his reputation is ruined and if were down South in the 1950's, he would be taken out and hanged without a trial. This is the same thing. We should give people the benefit of the doubt. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty. What skeletons are in your closet? Would you want the world to know?

[@alnotterbot5590]

“They’re eating the dogs and they’re eating the cats…. Want to buy a bible?”

[@melodygreen5029]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MariahMunnis]

Thank goodness our Trump has a thick skin snd great policies and thank goodness our Vance has the intellect and ability to let the sociopath remark to go unheeded by him.

[@calihipechik7657]

Yeah, he showed off that "thick skin" with every angry, insulting tweet he shot off minutes after each SNL parody of him aired. LMAO! I guess his understanding of the purpose of COMEDY only goes skin deep. Wait ...policies??? You mean he has one??? 😮

[@M00nkat55]

Gaffigan is worth $40,000,000!

[@gachasis2704]

Hilarious

[@ginnymurray1869]

That part was tastelessly shitty. Otherwise he did well. He should have left that out.

[@rapunzeleh546]

okay, so shocked by a comedian SAYING it, but not shocked by a presidential candidate DOING it... uh... okaaaaayyy. anyone remember trump was convicted of sexual assault by a jury of his peers? anyone?

[@ginnymurray1869]

Not his peers. She devil could not even tell when it supposedly happened.. No witness. It was a fabrication. That jury would have been glad to have convicted him on anything based on heresay.

[@a.stewart2641]

Brilliant!

[@blueclover9918]

FORMER president, my dude.

[@realityadvised2543]

He's still CIC 😅

[@ginnymurray1869]

Don't look ignorant. It is an honorarium.

[@realityadvised2543]

@@ginnymurray1869 Nope etched In STONE

[@cbarbski]

Tampon Jim is not funny whatsoever! Eventually, baby huey will get his big boy voice..

[@ghosttownbound]

The truth hurts....

[@allsensesfiring]

Who are the 4 clowns in the front, 2 in bow ties, 2 no tie at all?

[@outdoorjanitor1551]

Pitch perfect given what has been arrayed against Trump since he ran - but never when he was loved by all of his new enemies

[@AdventureswithCaliandCaty]

I love Jim Gaffigan!! 😹😅😆👍❤️

[@soroushfetkovich5084]

God bless president Trump and pls dear Lord bringing him back to govern this broken government. Fiat

[@lindamack1900]

Harris / Walz 2024 #WeAreNotGoingBack 🇺🇸🗳️🇺🇸🗳️🇺🇸🗳️🇺🇸🗳️

[@robertd279]

She is down or even in almost every poll and if democrats are down, they are seriously down because it's always skewed towards them. Chances are good #wearegoingback.

[@caroleelaschwa5294]

Going back was better! I wanna go back!! MAGA!!

[@lindamack1900]

@@caroleelaschwa5294 I don’t want to go back and neither do all my ladies friends!NO WAY!

[@caroleelaschwa5294]

@@lindamack1900 you need new intelligent friends

[@lindamack1900]

@@caroleelaschwa5294 They’re all very intelligent Independent women!!👍😻

[@habirhabir2076]

Donald Trump actually loves the American people so we all vote for him in 2024

[@ngcmnh]

😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@danhill5958]

Save America! Vote MAGA 2024

[@paulasmith909]

Whoop! Whoop! President Trump! Let's go!

[@tomcaron9113]

Gaffigan is on top of his game. Bravo! Oh yeah, Trump was on fire! Kamala was, well, not and very, very creepy.

[@SagaciousSix]

Definitely a sociopath.

[@ladygo9610]

TRUMP have enhanced who I am as a person. He is inspiring, and motivating. I have learn what true strength is. 😂 He showed me a new kind of strength. Never give up.

[@calihipechik7657]

Well if he can't improve your grammar, I guess at least he's motivating SOMETHING for ya. 🥴

[@microa9764]

Lol​@@calihipechik7657

[@earlpillow8642]

Well said comrade

[@stenbak88]

Chuckie looked pissed the entire time… while Bloomberg was imploding

[@LazerWolf619]

It was funny🤣🤣🤣 Trump2024😬

[@lonnieking4466]

Trump is the man 👍🏻

[@smbazi]

Lol sound like you would allow him to grab your kitty, sad

[@Brandy-u6f]

🙏🙏🙏🙏💯💯💯🇺🇸🇺🇸Trump

[@tomlehr861]

What a horrible event

[@deniseday8188]

😅😂😅❤❤❤❤

[@Jilbreel]

😂

[@methatswho8304]

👏👏👏👏 great job.

[@room1271]

Perfect!

[@SirChronDonIII]

Trump actually laughed at that. Class act.

[@dunebillyofswanbeach4294]

You’re smoking too much weed.

[@danearl-mw4iz]

@@dunebillyofswanbeach4294I don’t think it’s weed…

[@dunebillyofswanbeach4294]

@@danearl-mw4iz I don’t know. Maybe Sir Chron… was perhaps ridiculing IQ45? All I know is trump doesn’t do any laughing at himself. He’s the most thin skinned mofo I’ve ever laid eyes on. That’s typical for flaming narcissists.

[@johnnybronco9118]

​@@dunebillyofswanbeach4294 He's got a great sense of Humor. Muppets that got pimped by MSM to hate him forgot he volunteered to get Roasted on Comedy Central years ago and had a great time

[@MAGAALABAMA83]

The left is desperate

[@ryankibler7973]

Yep, America is about to go bye bye because a bunch of anti government extremists have been brainwashed into hating the country we have built over 200 years. Government is America. We are the government. Fascism will never be American or Christian no matter how many flags you wave and crosses you wear. It's projection.

[@GhostRiley713]

Tim Walz is hilarious

[@jerryfaulkner6518]

What a bunch of stiffs. It's not about you, people....

[@kassygendron3022]

This was hilarious!!!! (I'm MAGA for life)

[@outdoorjanitor1551]

Love Gaffigan - bought all his stuff on Apple iTunes. Hope he actually got paid

[@dunebillyofswanbeach4294]

It was a bad gig to sign on to. Watch the check bounce.

[@Cricket51597]

TRUMP VANCE 2024

[@meesterjeem]

Who is the woman next to the podium/ Jim Gaffigan?

[@rattata30]

I love Trump roast!!

[@duckypam]

Trump told much funnier jokes lol

[@kimrunyon7200]

I'm TRUMP ALL THE WAY BEST PRESIDENT EVERRRRR LIVED❤❤❤❤❤HE GETS MY VOTE AGAIN

[@debeastridge7624]

Soooo classy. What did we expect?

[@MR-bp3in]

Gaffigan is not funny at all

[@ButterfliesZebras77]

Have you seen him as Gov Walz? Dude is spot on. Im not a big SNL fan, since I remember the days when it was *truly* funny, but I actually thought this was a funny bit and clearly Trump did too.

[@kevin-g1w]

I thought the Biden family voting Trump was his best line. It was a not so subtle dig at the coup that ousted Biden.

[@1ndependentone568]

Was he drunk?

[@soxpeewee]

Trump?

[@lawliet6910]

He seems drunk to me

[@PureSparkles22]

1:43 Melania was big mad

[@AllWeatherFirestarters]

I wish Trump would have used some of Don Rickles lines!!!!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJexpmt_bdSeha8

[@cyberbusker5079]

Best joke of the night

[@FinneganBub]

Trumpy Bear 🐻 you the best!!!

[@paulromagano2818]

Wow low class

[@JoeBallard-w9c]

Trump? No, he has no class at all.

[@CanuckYuk]

Even Trump laughed... because his deep flaws are often deeply ironic or just plain hilarious.

[@hazy9785]

Gaffigan seems out of rhythm, really nervous.

[@kevin-g1w]

He explained that with a joke that was actually true. Being too harsh on Harris could adversely affect his livelihood.

[@hazy9785]

@@kevin-g1w Thank you.