Tenacious D Controversy is INSANE... Trump Joke SPLITS the Band

Jon from ARTV weighs in on the Tenacious D "Birthday Wish" disaster that's gone viral following at attempt on former president Donald Trump. Kyle Gass gets thrown under the bus by longtime friend & bandmate Jack Black after controversial joke..
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[@beyondartv]

The same people screaming that this is "awful" and violent rhetoric... look in a mirror and take a joke. What did you make of the Jack Black / Kyle Gass / Tenacious D situation? 👇

[@BNEradio]

This is actually a rare moment, people have been saying things about Trump that people couldn't say about others with no fear of backlash. He was just one of those people it was ok to hate on. But suddenly it isn't I actually think that's a good thing, people should be less hateful about everyone and this was a real surprise. A month ago they could have made a joke like this and no one woudl have batted an eyelid. But I think its good that people are now going to be more careful with what they say. Also missing resulted in the death of an innocent man, that's why its hitting so hard. I am no way a fan of Trump or Biden for that matter glad I don't have to choose between either of them.

[@dlynncook8932]

I think the saying “too soon” exists for a reason. They sure did make an example out of him though.

[@LouieKaboom]

​@@guyfawkes8384 It's what Leftists and cowards do.

[@crimsonrose4648]

Part of me is wondering if Australia has similar laws to the US about assassination jokes where technically it isn't legal even if most people ignore that fact because frankly it is a very dumb law and it's never enforced but because Jack Black and Kyle are famous enough and the most violent and hypocritical part of the population is on the other side of the jokes they could end up in legal trouble or worse so HR swooped in and forced then to make those apologies. I do find it funny how but hurt these people are about the jokes when I know enough conservatives to know their fave jokes are assassination jokes about biden or whoever is currently in the spotlight so this is just tit for tat lmao

[@bhollyfanhardin9627]

Jack Black and Kyle Gass are extreme leftists and their side has been doing this to innocent people on the right for years and now they are whining because they are starting to get a taste of their own medicine........there is going to be more and more of this backlash against the far left especially when President Donald J.Trump is Americas President again and crooked Joe is just a bad memory of a terrible time in American history........

[@zakkfromskellten]

This really doesn’t feel like the end, I reckon after the gig Jack and Kyle weighed up their options and said ‘okay we stop for a bit, let this die down and figure this out’ and get ready to tour again when they aren’t having a media shit storm that wants them deported from their current location. Maybe they stopped because they wouldn’t have been allowed into other locations had they been deported. This seems like a mutual career move to me.

[@ElliYeetYT]

Sadly because their VISAS are now canceled they probably won’t be allowed to perform in Australia for maybe a year at minimum. So even then they have to wait a while before they can come back again.

[@nothingtoseehear5012]

Zakk, you are naive. Their passports/visas were forcibly cancelled. All the insurance and promoters said they would not cover Tenacious D, so they literally had zero venues. They didn't make a strategic/informed decision for their tour. They F#$@ up and were thrown out like trash. Do some research dude.

[@pnut3844able]

KGs agent dropped him. They're done 😔😔

[@kevcatnip7589]

A parody of a parody ,,, They wont go soon

[@DylansMindTube]

This is the same band which made the song City Hall....... it's like getting offended by South Park.

[@JeffScottKing]

It's quite rich to see how people who are so happy to proclaim that marginalized people need to "learn to take a joke" when they are the victims of violence and hate can't take a joke themselves...

[@niltomega2978]

huh?

[@bojancosic7267]

You are free to say anything, but to incite violence.

[@LuckyLuke7895]

It was just a dumb inappropriate joke, we’ve all done it. This is overkill and people clearly forcing their hand. What saddens me is that Jack is getting all the hate for it because he is more well known, when it was Kyle who said it. I’ve never seen cancel culture work so damn fast in my life.

[@dedclownsRfunny]

Perfectly said. Gage would’ve been on an adrenaline high and made a poor taste joke. This is insane overreaction

[@georgeprice4212]

*ahem* You forgot what happened to The Beatles after John’s comment? This is exactly what happened with Tenacious D.

[@jameydunne3920]

​@@georgeprice4212The weird thing about the John Lennon thing is he never said it/ meant it the way it was delivered to the masses. I am by no means a John Lennon fan, but I do know a reporter spiced up what he said in order to make a better article (or something like that). The fact that Jack Black is getting most of the public hate when Kyle made the off color comment does baffle me, but doesn't surprise me. Since Jack is more publicly known, he's just a better and more "fun" target than Kyle for the hyper-reactors. I've been bothered enough times by liberal tactlessness that I am actually shocked when it backfires on them. Even with my own political leanings, I found what was said to be tacky and poorly timed, but par for the course. Cancelable, no. It does make me put Jack Black in the same mental box I have for many Hollywood personalities as petty, cowardly, and self interested .

[@dawnsstar5918]

Not overkill at all. The old term, 'think before you talk' comes into play. Celebrities should be aware that they are not only saying things, to their crowd, but they will be heard a lot more by a lot more people besides the people at their soap box stage. Maybe a little THOUGHT process is needed when they already know that, unless they just want to retire early.

[@sassafrasfruit]

You know, a left wing British politician named Jo Cox was murdered a few years ago and right wing politicians over here have made very tasetless comments about it, or used it to fuel their careers, to absolutely no outrage...why is trump the entire world's special little boy? Why are OTHER countries getting involved. Since he was BFFs with epstein I feel like we should all share Kyle's sentiments just for that fact...but money is all that the world leaders care about, and he has a lot.

[@danielbryant1090]

Well the british dont have a sense of taste, if they eat beans on toast😅

[@ElliYeetYT]

First Metallica cancels their Australian tour due to James needing to head Rehab, Then The Weeknd cancels his After Hours tour here, and then THIS happens. I swear to god This country is Cursed.

[@georgeprice4212]

Hey, y’all STILL have AC/DC.

[@sickbeet4219]

Didn't think I'd find you here.

[@theelephantintheroom69]

Wait till you hear about Avicii or Elton John's experiences in Australia

[@etherealtide]

@@georgeprice4212they’re 3/4’s dead and a pub band at best 🤣😅

[@ElliYeetYT]

@@theelephantintheroom69 Oh I actually know about Elton in the 90’s. My Dad saw him live at that time and said he was not good at all. I did see him on his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour for the 2020 leg but thankfully he was doing a good show there.

[@this_is_diamond_rot]

I'm 99% convinced it's just damage control for both Jack and Kyle as a unit, protecting the welfare of both them and their fans from any potential violent backlash that may follow

[@sleepnomore6065]

It was funny, he said what 85% pf people in the world are thinking...

[@JoyNova]

Hasn't Trump said way worse in his lifetime than these 3 seconds? So much for that free speech they love.

[@dawnsstar5918]

Speach requires a thought process.

[@dawnsstar5918]

@@christianzdon3997 They can't answer, and they won't.

[@dlynncook8932]

They were free to say what they said, they weren't arrested. That doesn't mean there are no consequences.

[@sassafrasfruit]

@@dlynncook8932 Hope you also have this same attitude when it comes to activists boycotting things! For example, a bakery can say they hate gay people and won't serve them, but they'll have to deal with the consequences of that right? Because anything else would be hyocritical.

[@dlynncook8932]

@@sassafrasfruitDo you think I make the consequences or something?

[@thatalbumreviewerguy2169]

This isn't the first time someone's been lambasted, or even gotten in actual trouble, for making a joke about Trump in poor taste. Kathy Griffin did the same years ago. You could argue that went too far, and maybe it did. Maybe this one did too. However, I agree with what you said. Everyone makes messed up jokes from time to time. Some people just don't want to admit it. Making a bad joke doesn't automatically make you a bad person. I think a lot of people seemed to have forgotten that.

[@dawnsstar5918]

That might be true, but in 'celebrity world' , the public is most of your money and what you say is important. You're always in the public eye. Even what you do. They are not just a guy down the road, Needless to say, the celebrities who keep out of politics are smart. Oh yeah, they have all the right to say what they want, but they best be ready for some changes when they do. (Paula Dean, Mel Gibson, Depp, Griffith, Deniro)

[@marksammie830]

and yet the same people were perfectly okay with donald and eric mocking nancy pelosi's husband hospitalised after a hammer attack..

[@jamesray1439]

It was obvious to everyone with an IQ above room temp what was happening at the Pelosi house. Funny the media never explained why both of them were nearly naked.

[@RanterInShades]

It was in poor taste, that's it. I think it says more about the audience that they took offense to the joke- which is not to say they aren't well within their right to do so, than it does about JB or KG.

[@lalotime]

Yeah it was. Someone died at the rally too. And it was 2 days after it happened. Definitely poor taste

[@lachlangilroy6839]

I was at the show and everyone found the joke funny. It’s just when the internet caught wind of it that it’s gone to shit.

[@ReSetAMV]

In my opinion, further context surrounding the event hurt Kyle's joke. I'm not "offended" at his quip at all (I detest Trump as much as the next guy), but I think the fact that an ordinary bystander actually died from the sniper (In front of his own family, no less) makes the whole thing more tragic than if it was ONLY Trump getting injured, and certainly made Kyle's joke come off in poorer taste than he likely meant. I still 100% believe that there's been a MAJOR misunderstanding and overreaction to all this, but I can at least understand why Jack and Kyle may have regretted what they said in hindsight.

[@markjames8664]

The bystander does tend to get forgotten in this whole thing.

[@barretprivateer8768]

So he made a poorly timed joke, plenty of comedians have done worse and been fine

[@FalconsWarrior]

jack didn’t throw him under the bus. he might’ve just saved both of their careers in the long run.

[@coldwar45]

I agree with this actually. I think he's trying to let it blow over so they don't get Dixie Chicked

[@Rolandeld1999]

Black bailed on kyle for fame and he will bury kyle to keep it. Hollywood jack saved HIS career

[@boombabyize]

Exactly . 4D chess . Beyond ARTV knows this .. he just needs some content.

[@Erik-bd6ll]

THANK YOU. Like dude, these people r anti cancel culture but like they literally canceled a band for making a joke like what

[@raphapf]

Thanks for the update!

[@tinesess3521]

Pretty sure Trump himself made jokes at the expense of the pelosi's after that attack

[@daltonoftheyear]

reality doesn't matter to conservatives.

[@bigginbox0002]

Because hammers and guns are totally the same thing

[@daltonoftheyear]

@@bigginbox0002 guns don't kill people.

[@coldwar45]

@@bigginbox0002 Both were being used as weapons in an attempt to kill.

[@coldwar45]

He sure did.

[@blakegunnels9205]

I agree with you jon about the reaction to this joke because the same people that can't handle dark humor are the ones that get mad at shows like bluey helluva boss and hazbin hotel and think that hip hop punk metal and rock are satanic

[@Johnny_T779]

Trumpism is a cult, cult members are notoriously devoid of self-derision...

[@JarfTaco]

I have mixed feelings about the situation itself, but I find it hilarious how people are accusing them of overreacting while simultaneously overreacting themselves by spreading misinformation that the band broke up, even though their statement did not say that.

[@Jakeyisdead]

Im shocked that the band could be breaking up over this but people died that day and i think thats the worst part about what KG said

[@cakt1991]

Thank you for making a video on this situation, as I didn’t know much about Tenacious D or this situation prior, although I knew about them being Jack Black’s band, and I’d scrolled by Jack’s statement on Instagram. The swift consequences definitely feel like an overreaction, and Jack and Kyle are stepping up to do damage control. I totally agree with your sentiments about the hypocrisy on the part of people who were bothered by this joke, as I can bet if it was said about someone who they despise for their political views, they’d be laughing and asking why people were so “offended” like they always do.

[@ChasetheG]

“This is going to ruin the tour.”

[@davidfoltz8922]

Why should he apologize? Trump's never apologized for anything in his life!

[@Johnny_T779]

❤ 👍🏽 🤘🏽

[@dawnsstar5918]

He never wished anyone to be killed.

[@unoriginal4294]

But if Trump was asking to, is a totally different thing.

[@IwonaKlich]

​@@dawnsstar5918you sure by that?

[@guilhermepaschoa5843]

You north americans love "free speech" at all cost, but not when it hits your pet fascist politician (not saying the ARTV fanbase thinks like that, I'm talking about people who cancelled Kyle just because he made a bad joke). There was a time when rock and metal stood against authoritarian individuals, but now it is castrated. Such a shame...

[@Johnny_T779]

Yes! I remember a time when musicians got praised for standing against reactionaries, not cancelled. Fascism begins when public opinion leans towards the dictator... Remember The Dixie Chicks? That's when the bad timeline began.

[@count69]

Hang on... so you think Tenacious D are standing for something?

[@haydenrhead7692]

Australia are the ones DEPORTING THEM for a bad joke.

[@Blarmenify]

I thought comedy was legal again, what happened?

[@kalebhurd3043]

Dude it’s way too soon and a family lost a husband, a father and are still mourning his death!!

[@Blarmenify]

@@kalebhurd3043 🚨 wee ooh wee ooh 🚨. Didn't know the comedy police were here.

[@kalebhurd3043]

@@Blarmenify Dude you need to absolutely seek help have a good day!!

[@Moe1002]

Kyle Gass 100% doesn't deserve the controversy, he made a dumb edgy joke, but like, everybody makes dark jokes? The fact that its okay to joke about 9/11, which was a much darker incident in American history, but when you joke about the douchebag Donald Trump, after he SURVIVES an assasination, now its a problem? Like, there's one KZbin who make a meme compilation an hour or so after the Donald Trump situation, and the title was literally "you laugh, you lose an ear" and the thumbnail was Donald Trump raising his fist after getting shot, and THATS more appropriate than one of the lightest, and most inoffensive cases of dark humor ever?

[@RajaReign78]

I mean I’m sure lots of people have this same thought, but we don’t voice it out loud. Plus if social media didn’t exist nobody would be able to prove what was actually said. 🤷🏼‍♀️ The rise of social media really is a double edged sword. 😐

[@DodgeThisBam]

Just who the fuck are we protecting that we allow "outrage" like this to cancel a godamn tour? Perhaps even a band? This whole thing makes my blood boil.

[@joshuaford507]

No one canceled these Morons. Because the left is spineless, jack had no problem throwing his friend under the bus. Typical leftist nowadays. It's sad how far my former party has fallen

[@unoriginal4294]

@@joshuaford507 Jack Black is liberal, not leftist.

[@joshuaford507]

@unoriginal4294 that might be a valid point. Maybe 10 years ago. Now it's pretty much a left thing. Don't get me wrong this was my party til maybe 10 hears ago.

[@unoriginal4294]

@@joshuaford507 nah it was never your party

[@newmystery7753]

*makes slightly edgy joke* Everyone else : 🔫😡

[@OnionSavoya-jf5hz]

Has anyone did a sketch of Jack Black being pissed off in real life? I bet its hilarious.

[@MedalionDS9]

I've had a love./hate thing for Tenacious D/Jack Black for a long time. Loved him in School of Rock and a couple of songs they released way back in the early 2000's but he said some really dumb shit about a band I love, and I kinda fell off of him for awhile, then the Super Mario Bros movie came out last year and I was a fan of him again, but then this recent shit with Tenacious D in Australia spouting off after a fresh assassination attempt... even if you don't like Trump that is not acceptable... time and place, even for edgy humor... the world is so fucking tense and polarized, we don't need more things to escalate division to IRL violence

[@LuckyLuke7895]

Really wish people would stop blaming Jack for this. It was an off the cuff spur of the moment comment from Kyle, not Jack. Please stop this, just because he’s the well known one of the pair, do not automatically blame him when it didn’t come out of his mouth.

[@marcen12]

@@LuckyLuke7895 For some people, it doesn't matter. They know it wasn't Jack but people want to blame him anyway

[@lewiscarson3086]

I thought it was pretty funny

[@sonyachirrey2727]

This is why I hate cancel culture

[@longlivethesheet4561]

Ironic how conservatives are the kings of cancel culture when they virtue signal about “stopping” it

[@Justin-Timberlake19]

Agreed. Cancel culture sucks.

[@archiecook55]

Completely agree, it was an overreaction. They shouldn't be cancelled (or cancel themselves) over it.

[@eriksanchez4482]

NOFX didn’t cancel their tour when Fat Mike made a joke about the country festival shooting 🤘🏽

[@marcen12]

From an Australian KZbinr I watched who talked about this controversy: The person who called for the band's deportation has no power to do that. The Senator in Australia doesn't have as much power as the Senator in America.

[@eduardor-o4884]

Out of all the things he could have said like world peace or the end of wars he HAD to say that.

[@Hibbard1986]

Why would anyone care, trump supporters cant handle a joke?

[@itiswhatitis141]

kyle just pissed of too many people at the wrong time...thats it...the joke wasnt good, but he does not deserve whats comin to him....and jack in full damage control for his career kind of shows what its all about anyways..they handled it like cowards. they could have standed by their words and say:"hey, its a tenacious d show, its what we do...was the joke great, no, but it is what it is"....instead they go in full panic mode

[@beyondartv]

This is the take I agree with most

[@itiswhatitis141]

@@beyondartv yeah. I mean they pretty much showed what they are...hollywood shills pulling out when the heat comes and the money flow is endangered..i think people are so heated because everybody knows, he really meant it and his apology was again some stupid damage control move...they pretty much killed comedy right there..because they obviously backed out of their joke...never do that

[@darkside9129]

Good. Hatred and racism are not welcome here.

[@wheelsofmercury]

Here’s my take on this: I don’t think Jack Black was bowing down to the whole right wing agenda thing. I think what happened was that he was pressured by the Australian government to break up the band to save face. But what do I know?

[@longlivethesheet4561]

@@wheelsofmercury …why would the Australian government give a shit?

[@wheelsofmercury]

@@longlivethesheet4561 Because one of the senators called to deport the members of Tenacious D, as John had briefly mentioned in the video.

[@Jakeyisdead]

​@@longlivethesheet4561I'm Australian and our government is pretty evil

[@ElliYeetYT]

@@longlivethesheet4561 I think this is because Australia’s laws are more strict than the US, especially in regards to Political environments. Any public negative criticism or ‘threat’ against a politician even if they deserve it usually results in someone being blacklisted by the government sadly. As an Australian citizen I can confirm that.

[@ChasetheG]

Even if I don’t find the joke funny, don’t personally agree with the duo politically, and also thought the timing was a not really good, I still understand the D are a COMEDY rock group at the end of the day and don’t think they should be cancelled, and hope the best for Jack and Kyle in the future. I do understand that this tour cancellation is probably to protect Jack landing movie roles, as it is his main source of income. I do want to mention that Senator Ralph (whatever), who is calling for deportation is the only member of his party to be in the entire Australian Parliament in Canberra, but the media and Twitter run with it. Anyway, all political violence is bad, and if the D tours again, they might have to take the Tool (or any Maynard band) route, and ban phones from shows.

[@FrogmanhatesQibli]

Not all political violence is bad.

[@delix787]

If Family Guy made this joke would anyone really care?

[@PurplexingLycan653]

You made a really good point about the people offended by this likely being the same ones who are upset about people finding their jokes offensive, although I still do think that Kyle's joke was crossing the line a bit. I may hate Trump, but I don't think that we should be joking about an assassination attempt on him this soon after it happened, especially with there being an innocent person who died from that. Still, the stuff that's happened in response seems pretty excessive for a single insensitive joke.

[@arcfox5054]

I think a big part of this is probably image control especially on Jack Black's part. He has really leaned more into family friendly stuff in recent years and I could see his agent pushing him to react like this

[@lukepurser3432]

Hey I thought it was funny. I don't think Kyle deserves to be punished.

[@viclionsden6752]

They weren’t cancelled. They blew their insurance and were forced to cancel. Don’t blame anyone but them

[@FrogmanhatesQibli]

You would say they were cancelled had they made that joke about Biden

[@viclionsden6752]

@@FrogmanhatesQibli huh 🤔 you think so. No idea how you came up with that theory.

[@Johnny_T779]

Wow! Kyle has a steel pair of balls! Here in Europe, we can see that Trump is a Mussolini heir, leader of a dangerous cult of personality, and cross 🤞🏽 our fingers for America not to turn into Italy on steroids. Not a good idea to try to off the dude, but eh, desperate measures are dumb. Kyle just said aloud what a lot of people think silently.

[@MarinaHeath]

Dude i just can’t with all this. It’s truly sad. I wish i could say all that i want to say. But if jack is scared for his career, i need to be for my own. The question of what’s right for the world vs me is tough. People will find something in my music. But my opinion will only cause more division. It’s so hard to choose silence or strength.

[@tylerbailey9329]

Feel like a lot of folks will be eating their words with the civility politics come November.....

[@ghosty8193]

I read Jack Black's statement was was expecting something absolutely vile to be said... but seriously? This is literally nothing. I'm shocked this is a controversy.

[@theneonchimpchannel9095]

The Right Wing: (in response to backlash to saying something racist/homophobic/transphobic/otherwise bigoted) These dang snowflakes can't even take a joke! The Right Wing: (in response to a joke mocking Trump) How dare they say that about our sweet little Lumpy Trumpy!?!?!

[@Johnny_T779]

Yeah, cultists hate it when fun is made of their guru 😂

[@silverblue9286]

Yep appears JB laughed after the so called joke

[@Rya_N33]

To be fair if it was America they wouldn’t of canceled there you’re it’s just there is no free speech in Australia

[@Hydra_studios]

You act like trump stole your lunch money when we all know it was biden 😂

[@FrogmanhatesQibli]

?

[@lukeroberts3784]

Strongly agreed 👍 💯 with you John.

[@thetonytaye]

The backlash to this whole thing feels very “I’m not a part of a MAGA agenda” coded… But at least Green Day stuck to their guns *clears throat* um, no pun intended

[@Johnny_T779]

Yeah! Where is the true rock'n'roll spirit?

[@sleepnomore6065]

greenday?

[@thetonytaye]

@@sleepnomore6065 Yes?

[@groguuuyoda9479]

so hating on trump is a bad thing now?

[@jeremystone2658]

Hating on anyone is a bad thing, buddy. Didn't you know?

[@unoriginal4294]

@@jeremystone2658 so it's a bad thing to hate Hitler?

[@jeremystone2658]

@@unoriginal4294 Hitler is already dead. Why waste your energy on something that doesn't matter anymore?

[@jatelitherius9842]

Hey so let’s not endorse political violence with our jokes. That kind of conflict will spill more blood than you think

[@kipper807]

Yea this just baffles me. I'd say a large percentage of Americans deep down, even if they don't say it out loud, would not have been very sad if a certain person didn't miss.

[@sleepnomore6065]

to put it mildly!

[@andrewnigo61]

You don't know how most of America thinks, and the fact you would say this says a lot more about you and your TDS than anything else. A man died, and three others were injured, including Trump. But here you are, showing your "tolerance" to the world.

[@bkhunter8438]

Likely venues and touring management killed the tour

[@teddyfurstman1997]

Jack Black ending his career like that is just not cool of him at all. Kyle seems like a nice guy for crying out load. Capitalism is just nasty. Sorry it’s just kinda gross. Hope they don’t break up fr.

[@PoisonIvieProductions]

Lol, it's Capitalism's fault? 😂

[@FrogmanhatesQibli]

Yes. Jack is throwing Kyle under the bus to save his own bottom line

[@fuzzymelon1261]

that was just too soon. ppl can usually make JFK jokes now bc a long time has passed. that happened not even a week ago. if it was a few years later then this might have gone better

[@rooksensleaf]

a standard every human being should advocat for and be aware of is: nobody deserves death. and u dont joke about it. just dont. be a decent human being and we all good. - i feel like in NA it has become even common courtesy! to mock someone so harshly, up to the point where one cannot distinguish between serious offense, "satire" or a joke. its just too much. particularly all out in the open, best in front of an audience. what's so fun about public shaming? joking around lightly in a group where everybody knows each other is absolutely fine. but DAMN PPL..

[@ZombieDime]

Funny as hell! FDJT... We were centimeters from a better world.

[@SomePatriot1]

Says the commie 😭

[@murlough23]

I look at it this way. You have the right to make a joke even if it's in terrible taste. But people also have the right to re-evaluate how they feel about a comedic artist when they no longer find their comedy funny. If I were performing in a public space and a friend of mine performing with me broadcast a joke like that for the world to hear, without running it by me first that he was gonna do that, I'd consider that incredibly insensitive because now I have to live with the fallout of people's response to that joke, too. So I can understand Jack Black (at least, after having thought it over after the show - his reaction DURING the show seemed to be complicit as you pointed out) wanting to distance himself as quickly as possible, and Kyle himself later realizing the shitstorm he'd brought down on himself and his friend. Sure, WE all know it's a joke. I'm not entirely sure that the cult of personality surrounding Trump is inclined to take it as such - and sure, major hypocrisy on their part when they're constantly making thinly veiled (or not at all veiled) physical threats against their opponents. But still - I wouldn't want to end up on those guys' shitlist over a bad joke. Plus it just feeds into their whole "the libs are as bad as they say we are" false narrative.

[@eyeofAnu6]

this is funny seeing how they have a song about taking down city hall and such. not to far outside the humour of the band.

[@davcuts2897]

The joke was too soon or in poor taste, but good grief not something that Jack Black should use to end a friendship over. Plus it pays to know your crowd. When the lead singer of the Dixie Chicks made the statement we are also ashamed of President Bush, it pretty much meant the end of their career. It didn't take long for almost all country music radio stations to ban them. If she had made some kind of remark about Obama no doubt it would have probably made them more popular. Instead the woke conservatives cancelled them. Tenacious D is a rock band. The likelihood they would be canceled is slim. Jack Back, and Kyle Gass should have just apologized and left it at that. Even the crowd in the audience laughed when they heard it. That shows they where in the right crowd to tell that joke to begin with.

[@RajaReign78]

Conservatives and woke don’t belong in the same sentence. 😐

[@offthecufff]

that microwave album in the background tho 😍😍

[@wyatblaze2435]

Bro stop it. Jack had a nervous laugh and didn't know what to do and he couldn't just embarrassed Kage in front of a thousand people. Only kyle Gass was dropped by his agent. If you watch the full video you'll see Jack threw his rubber band and he puck up his guitar and put it down didn't know what to do with an upset face.

[@joerivello4948]

As someone who supports Trump, I thought the joke was just ill-timed and poor in taste, but I'm not offended over it. It was just a poor taste of a joke. However, that's my opinion. I don't want to see them canceled or break up over it. If anything an apology to the public would've sufficed, and they did! It seems like this is mostly Jack Black's decision. Regardless, this doesn't change my opinion or KG or JB! I'll continue to support Tenacious D and hopefully they come back soon. Also Jon, I haven't heard one person call for the 'canceling' of Tenacious D! If they do they're idiots. They canceled themselves (for now)! haha I don't want to see it happen.

[@robertprice4826]

Jack black also has huge family franchises like super Mario bros, kung fu panda, etc.

[@Kahunahu]

Tenacious D turned off their comments today.

[@Atty_KelseyK]

If the attitude hand't been there, the dude would have never said that.

[@rockmovieswithtyler1989]

The D shouldn't go out like this!😢...also yeah its gotta be a Kyle quit the band thing and there waiting for this to die down!

[@enyazogd5325]

I respect you and love your content but I definitely agree more with Become The Knight's video about this

[@enyazogd5325]

if you need some "context" that doesn't matter whatsoever, I despise Donald Trump.

[@brucemiller64]

The craziest thing is that they were deported from Australia for something that happened in America.

[@highrollerdiscs805]

Show me the opposite example .

[@joondesigns2982]

We just saw them recently thats wild lol

[@kevcatnip7589]

Guess the JUDAS WITH THE MOST CASH IS RIGHT?

[@hunterericson6782]

wow, so NOT METAL of them to cry, cancel the tour and apologize. its a stupid joke … pathetic !

[@jc1424]

this would be more surprising if Badflower said something of the sort and backpeddled... but this band idk not really

[@apostateunion]

Even though I support Trump that joke was kinda funny

[@rickytan7700]

It's like wah wah, a band is done because they made an assassination joke. Move on and grow up to better things.

[@ThatOneSceneDude]

Jack has a reputaion to withhold in the entertainment industry. Kyle saying what he said put Jack in a bad position and can screw up buisness relationships that he has. That is why he is saying what he is saying. To cancel the tour and band is a bit much.

[@chaddavis6877]

no matter if you like Trump or not, you don’t joke about taking someone’s life. Biden is the worse president ever, but I would never wish harm on him.

[@Domzmcglynn1]

politically climate is so bad here in USA at the moment doesn't matter who vote for here but i don't think Jack black throw his friends underbridge for nothing

[@NumberOneBrony]

It was a joke. Fair enough. But it's just not a good Idea to wish death on a politician as an influencer to your audience 😬

[@secondswell]

Is it true jack made a tweet that said aim better and quickly deleted it?

[@nikolaj_ow]

Are my comments automatically being deleted?

[@coldwar45]

@@nikolaj_ow If they are it’s by YT.

[@nikolaj_ow]

@@coldwar45 Yeah, I suppose so. YT be cray-cray sometimes

[@beyondartv]

Likely YT, or possibly a mod but unlikely. I’ve had a problem in recent months with comments being held and or removed without me doing it.

[@nikolaj_ow]

@@beyondartv Happened instantly. Probably just YT

[@trm4765]

Who can tell a man what to wish for ..it's his birthday. .. I want the t shirt..

[@ohaloohall4520]

Hey they broke the law in Austria

[@thegloomining1955]

That was hilarious.

[@billeffingmurray1224]

First of all, I've been a huge Tenacious D fan since the early 2000s. I hate to see this happen to Kyle and I agree it's completely reactionary & impulsive on Jack's part. However, to suggest just the far right were the only ones who were upset about this is a bit...off. The entire right, just about all the middle of the road crowd...and yes even a decent portion of the left condemned it as well. Trump is liked by A LOT of people. I'm not one of them, but it's just what it is.

[@peterkarakiozis5135]

I was there in the crowd, it was clearly a joke that while a little insensitive should not have ended with them being dropped and forced to cancel the tour

[@baileyjones5744]

This joke is such a tame joke. If you are familiar with their content. They have a lot of lyrics which you can deem inappropriate that could be cancelled just as much as this. But this is the comment people wanna cancel them for? It's crazy that a band has to cancel their entire tour because of this. I paid for their concert and was going to see them in Auckland next Friday. Had a hotel booked and time off work to go. Very annoyed right now

[@Johnny_T779]

It's just Trump worshippers crying boohoo, muh guru😭

[@discoduckgandolf]

I wouldn't be too hard on Jack over Kyle, considering Kyle also took the L for the joke. In my opinion, it was definitely in too poor of a taste. It appears that the far right and the far left switched back to their original forms. So I'm a bit the opposite in that I commend the TWO...not just Jack...for at least taking the L. But they don't however have to disband completely...that's my caveat there. And lest we forget, the dissolution of a band doesn't necessarily always mean the end of a friendship like a comment implied...

[@joerivello4948]

I agree! No one from the right is calling for then to be canceled tho lol I'm a Trump supporter, and I'm not offended it was just a poor taste in a joke. But it's just that - a joke. Maybe just a little too soon. They canceled themselves (for now). I don't think they needed to or had to. It seemed like it was JBs decision.

[@steamboatwill3.367]

​@@joerivello4948) don't lie

[@maryannappiagyei4277]

Agree with you question. Not good.

[@longlivethesheet4561]

This is like a band in the 40s making light of an attempt on Hitler and everyone going “oh man, no, please, don’t go there”

[@longlivethesheet4561]

@@JamalMassicott Google Project 2025. It’s literally a replica of the Nazi government pre-WWII. Trump can absolutely be compared to Hitler

[@longlivethesheet4561]

@@JamalMassicott Google Project 2025. It’s literally a plan supported by Trump to install a dictatorship

[@longlivethesheet4561]

@@JamalMassicott Google Project 2025. It’s literally a plan supported by Trump to install a d*ctatorship

[@longlivethesheet4561]

@@JamalMassicott Google Project 2025. It’s a plan supported by Trump to install a dictatorship

[@longlivethesheet4561]

@@JamalMassicott Look up Project 2025. It’s a right-wing plan to install a dictatorship