Comic Invoice Burr turned annoyed with reporters after they questioned him about billionaire Elon Musk and tried to make him weigh in on politics in an trade final month.
Pressed by journalist Nicholas Ballasy concerning the comedian’s current assaults on Musk, Burr received irritated as he arrived at a March 23 Kennedy Heart occasion honoring Conan O’Brien, the longtime late-night host who usually had Burr as a visitor.
Concerning the remarks, initially made on “The View,” Burr mentioned, “I don’t watch the information.” He added, “I don’t know what’s happening. I watch Instagram. I watch individuals wipe out on bikes. I watch lions and hyenas battle one another…. I don’t suppose you ought to be asking a comic. You’re a journalist.”
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Comic Invoice Burr turned annoyed with reporters after they questioned him about billionaire Elon Musk and tried to make him weigh in on politics. (Picture by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Pictures for Writers Guild of America West)
Ballasy continued to press Burr about his political views.
“However comedians are on high of present occasions,” he mentioned.
“No. That’s weak,” Burr shot again. “That’s you guys passing the buck. You guys have to have balls once more, which you don’t. You guys all the time go, ‘Ought to we be pondering this?’ … You guys current stuff like that. You guys used to have balls. You might want to get your balls again and it’s not my job. I’m a dancing clown.”
On March 20, he appeared on “The View” and attacked Musk, saying, “I believe Elon has received the rockets going as a result of they understand there’s different Earths on the market, they usually’re going to trash this one. As a result of they don’t have any concern for it. And so they’re going to maneuver onto the following Earth and, , all people’s going to be standing down right here of their blue and purple ties going, ‘Wait a minute, I used to be in your facet.’ And so they’re simply going to go away.”
Burr additionally shot down questions on Luigi Mangione, who’s accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in probably the most extremely publicized homicide circumstances within the nation.
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Comic Invoice Burr has lashed out at billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk but additionally mentioned he should not be requested for his takes on political points. (Burr photograph by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic through Getty | Musk photograph by Samuel Corum/Getty Pictures)
“Inform us about your response to Luigi Mangione,” one other reporter requested Burr. “I used to be studying up, , that maybe you’ve been supportive of what he did. What’s your tackle that?”
“In the event you had been studying up, I don’t suppose you learn up on it, ‘trigger I mentioned what I felt about it and I mentioned what lots of people mentioned,” Burr responded.
“Some individuals took it that method,” the reporter mentioned. “So might you make clear what you concentrate on it?”
“No. No, I’m not going to simply have some controversial second so you will get clicks,” Burr mentioned. “I’m not doing that. I imply, I’m right here for Conan. I’m not doing all of this. What are you going to convey up subsequent, the Center East? I went to summer time faculty three out of 4 years in highschool. I’m not certified to speak about this.”
Concerning Mangione, Burr spoke to Selection journal in January and expressed some amusement on the suspected assassin placing stress on healthcare CEOs.
“The humorous factor when that CEO received whacked was watching CEOs must be uncomfortable,” Burr mentioned. “I’m certain they didn’t study something, however it’s like: That is the way you make all people really feel daily as you apply stress as a result of ‘that’s how enterprise is finished.’ How you permit this burning wreckage of destroyed lives as you ‘restructure’ and ‘consolidate.’ It was enjoyable to see them fear.”
Invoice Burr internet hosting SNL on Nov. 9, 2024. (NBC / SNL)
Fox Information’ Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
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