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Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass Dropped by Agent Following Trump Assassination Joke

Tenacious D's Kyle Gass has been axed by his agent after his Trump assassination joke, which he delivered during a concert in Australia on Sunday.

Gass responded, “Don’t miss Trump next time,” a reference to the attempted assassination of the former president (and newly-crowned Republican presidential nominee) during a rally in Butler, Pa. on Saturday (July 13). After video footage of Gass’ joke began circulating online, Black wrote via Instagram on Tuesday (July 16) that he had been “blindsided” by the comment and that “and all future creative plans” for the duo would be put on hold. Gass concurrently released his own statement apologizing for the remark, saying, “The line I improvised onstage Sunday night in Sydney was highly inappropriate, dangerous and a terrible mistake.

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