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Gary Coleman joke at Donald Trump roast: Too soon, too insensitive, too unfunny
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Roasts are supposed to be funny, right? It seems that everyone who attended Donald Trump's Comedy Central Roast bombed spectacularly. We all cringed through The Situation's drunken, self-congratulatory mess-fest, and were relieved when Jeffrey Ross intervened and put the Jersey bore out of his misery.Except, it turns out that Ross was kind of a tool, too. Was there any reason to bring up Gary Coleman at a Donald Trump event? The man lived 42 years and never even resorted to a "Celebrity Apprentice" appearance. Can't we just let him rest in peace?
"He died of multiple aneurysms, which is a little like diff'rent strokes," Ross says.
Um... maybe we'll laugh later. Or not.
Trump says he agreed to the roast for charity's sake -- and he even poked fun at himself during the event. "Maybe you've heard this one. What's the difference between a wet raccoon and Donald Trump's hair?" he asked the audience. "A wet raccoon doesn't have seven billion f---ing dollars in the bank."
Touche.
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Wish they'd take a break from joking about Gary Coleman, yes let him RIP!!
Too soon? Really? Did we forget about the hilarity of Greg Giraldi (RIP) at the Hasselhoff Roast, which got rave reviews:
"Your liver is so shriveled, black and dead if you put your ear to your side you can hear it going: 'What you talkin' about Willis?'"
gary coleman joke was HILARIOUS. Get off your offended by everything horse.
I guess it was cool on the previous roast of the Hoff when the roaster said, "David Hasselhoff's liver is so shriveled black and dead, that when I held my ear to his stomach, it said; "What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?"
They're just jokes, people. RIP, Greg Giraldo!
Greg Giraldo is so dead, vaudeville came back to life.
Greg Giraldo is so dead, he now goes by the name Leno.
Greg Giraldo is so dead, he **** Gary Coleman!
The Gary Coleman joke was witty and well delivered. Not even CLOSE to the top 50 most offensive things said on a roast.
actually most of the comedians did quite well there, especially jeff ross. That was a hilarious joke by ross. I can tell carina you are on of those people that say they're offended by everything. probably a feminist.