Actor Nikki Glaser is a warning About cooling effect Donald Trump The second term had on the landscape of the country’s comedy. Glaser said that there was a “real fear” among some actors that they could be “detained” on political jokes, especially those involving the president.
“Like, you are just afraid that you are doxxed and death threats, or who knows where it leads, like, detained”, Glaser Said dateline Sunday.
“I went to say to myself:” I don’t want to talk about politics because I don’t want to alienate anyone “to like:” I want to talk about it, but now I’m afraid “, said Glaser.
“Honestly, it’s not even like a joke,” she continued. “It’s like a real fear. So, it is regrettable that it is true, but I will not lie and say that I do not think of it sometimes and I go: “Oh, God. Can I just say, I hope they all know, I can be on the gallows and say that I am kidding. I am an actor. I hope it’s a defense.
The actor, known for his brutally honest celebrity roasts, also said The hill She no longer felt “safe”, including political jokes in her routines. “I missed this moment when I could say things, because I had a point of view and I felt safe talking about it,” said Glaser. “I went to say to myself:” I don’t want to talk about politics because I don’t want to alienate anyone “to love:” I want to talk about it, but now I’m afraid. And it’s just that it’s like a place to be. »»
Glaser made the comments during the Sunday ceremony for the Mark Twain Prize for American humor at Kennedy Center in Washington, the event, the event, Celebrate the Conan O’Brien winner, was held in the shade of a slow controversy in the center of the performing arts. In February, Trump pulled several members of the board of directors and Appointed president. Trump swore To rid the center of “awakened” influences, trail shows and “anti-American propaganda”.
Not all the Glaser colleagues moved away from making fun of the president at the Sunday ceremony. John Mulaney joked saying that the Kennedy Center would soon be renamed “the Roy Cohn Pavilion for the great strong men who love” cats “”, a reference to Trump’s late mentor, political fixer Roy Cohn And the president Affinity for the musical Andrew Lloyd Webber. Will Ferrell said the event was a distraction because he was “supposed to close the Ministry of Education” instead of attending it.
During his speech of acceptance, O’Brien seemed to make a barely veiled reference to Trump in his praise for the homonym of the price, Say to the crowd, “Twain hated intimidators … He hit, not down. And he deeply, deeply sympathized with the weak … Twain was allergic to hypocrisy and he hated racism. Twain was wary of populism, jingism, imperialism, mania obsessed with money of golden age and all expression of insane American power or importance. »»
“Above all, Twain was a patriot in the best sense of the world,” added O’Brien. “He loved America but knew that it was deeply imperfect. Twain wrote:” Patriotism supports your country and your government all the time when it deserves it. “”