{"id":12242,"date":"2026-07-21T05:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T00:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12242"},"modified":"2026-07-21T05:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T00:06:21","slug":"whitney-cummings-says-netflix-axed-her-trump-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=12242","title":{"rendered":"Whitney Cummings Says Netflix Axed Her Trump Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cut Jokes bc Trump and I\u2019m Con-CERNed | GFYP 351\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UuSNEx73jXw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Comedian\u00a0<strong>Whitney Cummings<\/strong> revealed that Netflix cut her joke about President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> from its upcoming broadcast of the 27th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, streaming July 21.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s event, which was taped live at the Kennedy Center on June 28, honors comedian and pundit\u00a0<strong>Bill Maher<\/strong>. The prize is designed to recognize individuals who emulate\u00a0novelist\u00a0Mark Twain\u2019s \u201cfearless\u201d observations on \u201csociety and personal folly,\u201d according to the Kennedy Center\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kennedy-center.org\/whats-on\/marktwain\/\">webpage for the event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In an episode of her <em>Good For You<\/em> podcast from July 3, Cummings revealed she removed some Trump-related roasts from her set, which she performed during the ceremony, at the behest of employees at the Kennedy Center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was practicing my jokes, and people were like, \u2018Yeah, we\u2019ll get fired if you say that,&#8221;\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m like, that is the worst thing you can hear as a comic, it was kind of roast-y. \u2026 What a dork, I\u2019m like, if he even watches this, he is such a dork. But I did cut a joke, and I feel the need to just say it: \u2026 \u2018For Trump to put his name on the Kennedy Center, this is petty even for him, but Trump has always hated <strong>John F. Kennedy<\/strong> because the Kennedys had <strong>Marilyn Monroe<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/entertainment\/movies\/a39840131\/marilyn-monroe-death-true-story-netflix\/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=mgu_ga_esq_md_pmx_prog_org_us_18717285305&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=18710104992&amp;gbraid=0AAAAACq-et1e0C8cPb7K4_gAas89jGOlS&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwjvfSBhDpARIsAEiOpSs3NpFcJNJT_sz_NVOuqW-EZykk2lGB5RVPy6PDY9WScYTcrpAKQdYaAt7pEALw_wcB\">killed<\/a> before he had a chance to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/trump\/trump-rape-trial-jury-shown-shocking-video-of-his-derogatory-remark-to-accusers-lawyer\/\">grab her<\/a> by the p***y.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, one Trump joke did make it into her set, and she performed it live during the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually heard Trump may come tonight, but he couldn\u2019t make it. He got caught in sex traffic,\u201d she said, alluding to Trump\u2019s former association and friendship with convicted child sex predator <strong>Jeffrey Epstein<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>But Netflix axed the joke from its upcoming special, Cummings revealed in her latest podcast episode on July 18. The joke was widely publicized in the media following the live event, but it would not make it into the broadcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only did I have to cut a joke in rehearsal, then the joke I did, I ended on, \u2026 it stayed in, and then they said, \u2018We would like to cut it out,&#8217;\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cThey said, \u2018We need to cut it from the broadcast,\u2019 and I\u2019m like, \u2018Well, it\u2019s already out there. Who cares?\u2019 And they\u2019re like, \u2018He will sue you.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cummings claimed she would have won the lawsuit as she did not accuse Trump of child sex trafficking in particular, although Kennedy Center employees allegedly warned her that Trump might not sue her right away but could do so four or five years down the line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were like, you\u2019ll always have this hanging over your head, and you never know when he\u2019ll get bored and strike out of left field,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Watch above via YouTube.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>New: The Mediaite One-Sheet &#8220;Newsletter of Newsletters&#8221;<\/strong><br \/>Your daily summary and analysis of what the many, many media newsletters are saying and reporting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/subscribe\">Subscribe now!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;\nn.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,\ndocument,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian\u00a0Whitney Cummings revealed that Netflix cut her joke about President Donald Trump from its upcoming broadcast of the 27th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, streaming July 21. This year\u2019s event, which was taped live at the Kennedy Center on June 28, honors comedian and pundit\u00a0Bill Maher. 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