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Jack Black says Tenacious D will return after Trump joke controversy


Black put comedy rock duo ‘on hold’ after Kyle Gass joked about assassination attempt

It provoked mirth in the audience but condemnation was swift following the gig, with Australian senator Ralph Babet calling for the band to be removed from the country. Tenacious D's Kyle Gass makes Trump assassination comment at Sydney concert – videoThe band cancelled the remainder of their tour and Gass apologised for “severe lack of judgment … The line I improvised Sunday night in Sydney was highly inappropriate, dangerous and a terrible mistake. Borderlands, a live-action adaptation of the video game of the same name directed by Eli Roth, features Black voicing a wisecracking robot called Claptrap alongside Cate Blanchett and Kevin Hart.

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