Whitney Cummings’s Trump Joke at Kennedy Center Is Cut From Netflix Special
The New York Times • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Comedian Whitney Cummings made a controversial joke about President Trump and sex trafficking at the Mark Twain Prize ceremony honoring Bill Maher, which was held at the Kennedy Center.
- The joke, referencing Trump’s alleged connection to Jeffrey Epstein, was omitted from the Netflix special of the event, though another joke about Trump’s influence on Kennedy Center programming was included.
- President Trump, who was chairman of the Kennedy Center at the time and did not attend the event, has been found liable for sexual abuse but has not been accused of sex trafficking.
- Netflix stated that while they prefer not to cut jokes, the Kennedy Center has the contractual right to remove content, but it is unclear who decided to exclude the sex-trafficking joke.
