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{"id":7119,"date":"2025-03-10T20:03:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/comedian-who-mocked-puerto-rico-at-trump-rally-gets-netflix-deal\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T20:03:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T20:03:48","slug":"comedian-who-mocked-puerto-rico-at-trump-rally-gets-netflix-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/comedian-who-mocked-puerto-rico-at-trump-rally-gets-netflix-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian who mocked Puerto Rico at Trump rally gets Netflix deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Tony Hinchcliffe, the comedian whose -appearance at a New York rally for then-candidate Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/10\/28\/trump-madison-square-garden-rally-tony-hinchcliffe-00185793\" target=\"_blank\">drew bipartisan backlash<\/a> after he made disparaging comments about Puerto Rico, has inked a deal with Netflix, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NetflixIsAJoke\/status\/1899113010997661879\" target=\"_blank\">company announced Monday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Under the deal, Hinchliffe will helm three live comedy show specials, with the first premiering on April 7, as well as his own stand-up special.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMyself and our entire crew of Austin comedians, peers, and upcomers are excited for the opportunity to share our chaotic, insane show with a whole new chunk of the globe,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/03\/10\/entertainment\/tony-hinchcliffe-netflix-deal\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Hinchcliffe said in a statement to the press<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hinchliffe, whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KillTony\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a>, Kill Tony, boasts over 2 million subscribers, gained widespread notoriety last year when he opened for Trump at an October Madison Square Garden Rally. His jokes, which assailed Puerto Rico, Latinos and migrants, caused a massive outcry in the following days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if you guys know this, but there\u2019s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now,\u201d Hinchcliffe said to laughter at the rally. \u201cI think it\u2019s called Puerto Rico.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s campaign tried to distance itself from Hinchliffe and Puerto Rican celebrities, including Aubrey Plaza, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny and Nicky Jam, blasted the set. Jam, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/politics-news\/nicky-jam-revokes-trump-endorsement-puerto-rico-controversy-1236049382\/\" target=\"_blank\">who had previously appeared at a campaign rally<\/a> alongside the now-president, said the episode pushed him to retract his earlier endorsement of Trump. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/politics-news\/jennifer-lopez-kamala-harris-puerto-rico-tony-hinchcliffe-trump-1236051285\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lopez attacked Trump for the set<\/a> at a campaign rally for Kamala Harris in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>Hinchliffe did not apologize, though he did later acknowledge that \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/11\/12\/trump-puerto-rico-garbage-msg-00189038\" target=\"_blank\">perhaps that venue at that time wasn\u2019t the best fucking place to do this set at<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Hinchcliffe, the comedian whose -appearance at a New York rally for then-candidate Donald Trump drew bipartisan backlash after he made disparaging comments about Puerto Rico, has inked a deal with Netflix, the company announced Monday. 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