Comic Tony Hinchcliffe refused to apologize for his controversial joke through which he referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of rubbish” — however he admitted then-Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Madison Sq. Backyard rally wasn’t one of the best place for that specific routine.
Hinchcliffe, whose “rubbish” remark sparked widespread outrage within the week main as much as the election, opened up concerning the poorly-received joke on the newest episode of his podcast “Kill Tony” launched Monday.
“I apologize to utterly no person,” Hinchcliffe declared to a cheering viewers of the dwell present.
“To not the Puerto Ricans, to not the whites, to not the Blacks, to not the Palestinians, to not the Jews, and to not my very own mom, who I made enjoyable of through the set. No one clipped that. No headlines about me making enjoyable of my very own mom.”
Hinchcliffe lamented that the true which means behind his handle — particularly, the significance of free speech — was paradoxically misplaced within the controversy.
“Final evening I gave a speech, I don’t know in case you heard about this,” Hinchcliffe stated within the podcast recorded the day after the election. “It was a speech about free speech, imagine it or not… I referenced Puerto Rico, which at present has a landfill downside through which all of their landfills are stuffed to the brim. I’m the one one that knew about this, sadly.”
The island of Puerto Rico does in truth have a landfill downside — with 29 of the rubbish dumps overflowing or not assembly authorities requirements, in line with the St. Kitts and Nevis Observer. The island generates 3.7 million tons of waste yearly, in line with that report.
Hinchcliffe acknowledged that the time and place of the feedback have been ill-considered when deciding on which set of jokes to carry out.
“Maybe that venue at the moment wasn’t one of the best f—king place to do that set at. However in any matter, to the mainstream media and to anyone attempting to slander me on-line: That’s what I do, and that’s by no means going to alter,” Hinchcliffe concluded previous to the podcast episode that featured James McCann and Ari Matti.
“I simply need to say that I like Puerto Ricans, they’re very good folks — they’re good, they’re road good, they’re good sufficient to know once they’re getting used as political fodder. Proper now that’s occurring,” Hinchcliffe stated.
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