Comic Hannah Berner is going through intense backlash after making an “extraordinarily sexist” joke about Taylor Swift’s relationship with Travis Kelce throughout a latest stand-up set.
Berner started her bit with a reference to Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old charged with the homicide of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, poking enjoyable at how he’s “so scorching proper now.”
Nevertheless, Hannah Berner rapidly pivoted, drawing an sudden comparability between Luigi Mangione and Travis Kelce.
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Followers Name Out Hannah Berner For ‘Sexist’ Feedback On Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce
The footage, taken from Netflix’s “Torching 2024: A Roast of the Yr,” reveals Berner making a joke about Taylor Swift’s relationship with Travis Kelce that many followers discovered offensive.
Berner quipped, “Who knew apart from Travis Kelce that you possibly can turn out to be so fashionable with girls by capturing masses right into a billionaire?”
Swifties took to X, the social media platform previously often known as Twitter, to precise their outrage after the “wildly inappropriate” clip of comic Hannah Berner went viral.
One Taylor Swift referred to as Berner’s joke “outright vile” for “objectifying” the pop icon.
One other claimed it was “degrading to Taylor.”
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Social Media Erupts After Joke Goes Viral
“The variety of individuals defending this as a result of they really feel prefer it’s fantastic to say something you need a few wealthy celeb even for those who would not dare say it about somebody you truly know. It is giving ‘there is a Taylor-shaped gap in individuals’s ethics,'” one X person mentioned in response to the feedback from different social media customers.
“Oof. That’s such a nasty style joke,” one other famous.
“I actually favored her, however that is simply disappointing and never humorous in any respect,” a 3rd individual admitted.
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Hannah Berner Beforehand Confronted Backlash
This is not the primary time Hannah Berner has confronted backlash for her jokes. Simply final week, the comic stirred controversy with one other comment from the identical Netflix roast, the place she referred to Blake Vigorous as a “c-nt” within the midst of the actress’s ongoing drama with Justin Baldoni surrounding their movie adaptation of “It Ends With Us.”
On December 27, Berner addressed the backlash, clarifying that her set was filmed earlier than Vigorous’s accusations in opposition to Baldoni made headlines.
“To be one hundred pc clear, I assist Blake xoxo,” the previous actuality TV star wrote on her Instagram Tales on the time.
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As The Blast reported, Blake Lively has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit in opposition to Justin Baldoni, accusing him of fostering a “hostile work surroundings” on the set of their upcoming movie, “It Ends With Us.” Within the lawsuit, filed with the California Civil Rights Division, Vigorous claims that Baldoni “ignored well-established business protocols in filming intimate scenes and exploited the shortage of controls on set to behave inappropriately.”
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Blake Vigorous Recordsdata Lawsuit Towards Justin Baldoni
The 37-year-old actress alleges that Baldoni engaged in sexual misconduct throughout manufacturing, prompting a proper assembly to handle her considerations. Throughout this assembly, Baldoni and his manufacturing firm reportedly agreed to a number of of her calls for, together with:
- “No extra displaying nude movies or photographs of girls to Blake.”
- “No extra point out of Baldoni’s alleged earlier pornography habit.”
- “No extra discussions about sexual conquests in entrance of Blake and others.”
Moreover, Lively’s lawsuit claims that Baldoni employed disaster PR professional Melissa Nathan, recognized for her earlier work with Johnny Depp throughout his high-profile defamation trial in opposition to Amber Heard.
The lawsuit additionally accuses Baldoni of making an attempt to break Vigorous’s repute by a focused social media marketing campaign. The allegations have added important pressure to the movie’s manufacturing and raised broader questions on on-set accountability and office security in Hollywood.
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Blake Vigorous Expressed Issues Concerning Her Profession
In August, a supply informed the Daily Mail that Blake Vigorous had expressed considerations in regards to the potential impression of the continued controversies surrounding “It Ends With Us” on her profession and repute.
In line with the insider, Vigorous had initially seen her position within the movie as “her second to shine,” a big alternative to showcase her expertise on a bigger scale. Nevertheless, she now fears that the damaging publicity surrounding the manufacturing might jeopardize her standing within the business and overshadow the movie’s success.
“Blake is unquestionably saddened by the hate she is getting and is making an attempt to not let it have an effect on her, however it’s,” the supply mentioned on the time. “She thought this was her second to shine, however is now taking a look at it like the tip of her profession. She’s fearing nobody will wish to work together with her after this.”
They added, “She actually needs to proceed producing and directing and appearing, however she is aware of she must take a step again for a minute to reassess the longer term.”
