Chris Rock makes brutal jokes as Donald Trump arrest looms
Comedian Chris Rock has skewered politicians to their faces over the expected arrest of former US president Donald Trump.
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Chris Rock joked that former US president Donald Trump was “romantic” for allegedly paying off porn star Stormy Daniels.
He also called politicians “stupid” for wanting him arrested, warning it will only inflate his popularity.
The 58-year-old comedian addressed the expected arrest of Mr Trump as he helped honour Adam Sandler at the Mark Twain Prize late Sunday.
He directly addressing politicians in the audience, including Nancy Pelosi.
“Are you guys really going to arrest Trump?” Mr Rock asked the crowd, according to the Daily Mail, which noted that several officials from the Biden administration were in the Kennedy Center crowd.
“Do you know this is only going to make him more popular. It’s like arresting Tupac” Shakur, he quipped of the late rapper.
“He’s just gonna sell more records. Are you stupid?” he asked to a roar of laughter, according to the outlet.
Mr Rock also poked fun at the expected charges over Mr Trump, 76, allegedly paying hush money to Stormy Daniels to try to kill her affair claims in the run-up to the 2016 election, the New York Post reports.
He joked that the future president “f***ed a porn star and paid off someone so his wife couldn’t find out.”
“That’s romantic,” Mr Rock joked, according to the outlet.
“We’ve all been cheated on. Don’t you wish that the person that cheated on you paid off somebody so you wouldn’t find out?” he asked.
Mr Trump was far from the only politician whom Mr Rock focused on during his bit cracking up the Washington, DC, crowd — including US President Joe Biden, the oldest-ever commander-in-chief at 80.
“Trump was so bad as a president, he was so bad that Joe Biden had to burst off a monument. Biden was dead for 16 years,” Mr Rock quipped, according to the report.
Mr Rock also gave a shout-out to Mrs Pelosi’s husband, Paul, jokingly comparing his home-invasion hammer attack to Mr Rock’s own high-profile assault when he was slapped by Will Smith at last year’s Oscars.
“Paul Pelosi, the only guy who knows how I felt,” Mr Rock joked of the 82-year-old sitting next to his politician wife.
“Just me and you, Paul,” he joked.
Others honouring Sandler, 56, included Drew Barrymore, Conan O’Brien, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Buscemi, Dana Carvey and Luis Guzmán.
This story was published by the New York Post and reproduced with permission.
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