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Jack Black cancels Tenacious D tour and places future projects on hold after Kyle Gass comments on Trump (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Jack Black announced on Instagram that he's cancelled the rest of the Tenacious D world tour and placed future projects on hiatus.

This happened after his bandmate Kyle Gass sparked controversy by commenting on the recent Donald Trump assassination attempt.

At their recent Sydney show, Kyle Gass was given a birthday cake and asked to make a wish for his 64th birthday, to which he said "Don't miss Trump next time."

In his later statement, Black said he was "blindsided" by his bandmate's comment and condemned any calls for political violence.

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[–] [email protected] 108 points 4 months ago (14 children)

I really hope this is just PR shit and Jack Black isnt ending a friendship with a longterm friend over an edgy joke, cause like man, I know he's a celebrity, but I had a lot of respect for him up until this point

[–] [email protected] 17 points 4 months ago (9 children)

Just the other day, I looked at him with his shaggy ass beard, half done up bright shirt and too large shorts singing whatever the fuck and thought to myself:

"I have mad respect for jack black, That is a man that truly does not give a fuck. I should try and be more like him"

And then this reaction comes out and all that is gone and I'm reminded that I'm a terrible judge of character.

[–] xenspidey 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Why? Because he's not ok with his band mate saying on stage someone should be murdered?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

Because the man does, in fact, give a fuck when it counts.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I think its more because instead of just saying "hey that's not cool" he publicly shat on his friend and threw him under the bus, disbanded the band, cancelled the concert.

He obviously knows Kyle pretty well, so this sentiment can't be a surprise to him. So therefore he has no integrity by supporting his friend behind closed doors and being two faced when his sentiments are aired in public.

Part of not giving a fuck is having the integrity to be who you truly are, and from his reaction I can see is just an act.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

It goes both ways though. Kyle should also know his friend wouldn't be happy about potentially losing his career over calls to murder a person for political reasons.

Disclaimer: I fucking hate Trump and wish he was killed years ago so I'm not saying I disagree with what Kyle said, I'm just disagreeing with when he chose to express it because he was there representing tenacious D which extends to jack as well. I'll also add that at this point I worry that killing Trump now would only replace him with someone actually competent to drive the fascism train over the tracks that are already firmly in place, but that's a different discussion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How much money did he lose cancelling the tour though?

Giving up that kind of money takes integrity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

It's not like either of them are hurting for it.

The crew on the other hand though...

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