Actor Jack Black’s comedy rock band Tenacious D has sparked outrage and had a show in Australia postponed after band member Kyle Gass made an apparent joke about the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump on Saturday.
Footage posted on social media from the band’s Sydney show on Sunday showed Black presenting Gass with a birthday cake on stage and telling him to “make a wish”.
Gass responded: “Don’t miss Trump next time.”
An Australian MP called for them to be deported after a video of the moment emerged.
Tenacious D were due to play in the city of Newcastle, in the Australian state of New South Wales, this Tuesday (16), but producer Frontier Touring announced that the show was “postponed”.
While some users interpreted the exchange as a joke, Australian Senator Ralph Babet said the pair “should be immediately removed from the country” in a statement posted on X (formerly Twitter).
“Advocating and/or wishing for the assassination of a president is egregious, disgusting, filthy, evil and unacceptable in any way, shape or form,” Babet said. “This was not a joke, he was very serious when he wished for the president’s death.”
“I urge Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to join me in denouncing Tenacious D, Jack Black and band member Kyle Gass, and I urge Immigration Minister Andrew Giles to revoke their visas and deport them immediately,” Babet said on Tuesday.
“Anything short of deportation is support for the shooting and attempted assassination of Donald J. Trump,” he said.
According to Tenacious D’s website, the band are scheduled to perform in Brisbane on Thursday, before heading to Melbourne and Adelaide, and then on to New Zealand and the US.
Source: CNN Brasil
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