Jack Black axes Tenacious D tour over bandmate’s ‘inappropriate’ Trump joke

Jack Black announced he’s cancelling nan remainder of nan Tenacious D world circuit aft his bandmate Kyle Gass made a joke astir nan grounded assassination of Donald Trump that near him “blindsided.”

The bandmates were performing successful Sydney, Australia, Sunday nighttime erstwhile a barroom was brought retired connected shape to observe Gass’ birthday.

When Black asked Gass to make a wish and rustle retired nan candle, Gass responded with, “Don’t miss Trump adjacent time” — a reference to nan assassination effort of nan erstwhile president astatine a Pennsylvania rally a time earlier — arsenic nan assemblage laughed.

While nan show continued that night, Black issued a connection Tuesday, nixing nan remainder of nan circuit and pausing early activity pinch Gass.

“I would ne'er condone dislike reside aliases promote governmental unit successful immoderate form,” Black wrote. “After overmuch reflection, I nary longer consciousness it is due to proceed nan Tenacious D tour, and each early imaginative plans are connected hold. I americium grateful to nan fans for their support and understanding.”

Tenacious D was expected to spell connected to execute further shows successful New Zealand and Australia, arsenic good arsenic a bid of “Rock D Vote” shows to use nan nonpartisan statement Rock nan Vote up of nan U.S. statesmanlike election.

Australian legislator Ralph Babet asked that nan band beryllium removed from nan country successful a connection posted to X Monday.

“To advocator and aliases wish for nan assassination of a President is egregious, disgusting, filthy, evil, and not acceptable successful immoderate way, style aliases form,” wrtoe Babet. “This was not a joke, he was deadly superior erstwhile he wished for nan decease of nan President.”

“I telephone connected nan premier curate Anthony Albanese to subordinate maine successful denouncing Tenacious D, Jack Black and set personnel Kyle Gass, and I telephone connected nan migration minister, Andrew Giles, to revoke their visas and deport them immediately,” Babet continued.

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“Anything little than a deportation is an endorsement of nan shooting and nan attempted assassination of Donald J. Trump,” he said.

Gass apologized for nan remark connected Instagram, saying it was a “severe deficiency of judgement.”

He wrote: “The statement I improvised onstage Sunday nighttime successful Sydney was highly inappropriate, vulnerable and a unspeakable mistake.

“I don’t condone unit of immoderate kind, successful immoderate form, against anyone. What happened was a tragedy, and I’m incredibly sorry for my terrible deficiency of judgement. I profoundly apologize to those I’ve fto down and genuinely regret immoderate symptom I’ve caused.”