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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      1 year ago

      Honestly this just makes me sad.

      I thought better of JB. This is a far cry from a call for political violence.

      This is like saying “come on, guys, Hitler is a person too and we shouldn’t be wishing bad things on them” in the 1930s.

      I can’t imagine being so spineless I’d throw my friend under the bus over a comment that, honestly as far as I’m concerned doesn’t go far enough.

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      1 year ago

      money > convictions

      spineless response by him in my opinion.

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        1 year ago

        money > convictions

        It would make him money to continue the tour, not to cancel it

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            1 year ago

            It doesn’t seem you understand what virtue signaling means

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              1 year ago

              help me out then buddy, because what he’s doing is “expressing a moral viewpoint to communicate good character”, which is the EXACT DEFINITION.

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                Virtue signaling is telling people you’re a great guy. When you demonstrate it with actions it’s just called being virtuous.

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                  jesus christ, do i have to do everything for you? he’a acting like a great guy and saying “political violence is bayud” but we’ve put up with trumps shit for years and he obviously doesn’t feel that way, clearly his bandmate doesn’t and isn’t afraid to say it, but jack’s playing PC to appease everyone and look holier than thou.