Whitney Cummings’ Donald Trump Sex Trafficking Joke Was Cut From Mark Twain Ceremony on Netflix; Streamer Says Kennedy Center Axed It
Whitney Cummings performed a comedy set at Bill Maher’s Mark Twain Prize ceremony, which took place on June 28 at the Kennedy Center. Cummings said...
Key points
- Whitney Cummings performed a comedy set at Bill Maher’s Mark Twain Prize ceremony, which took place on June 28 at the Kennedy Center.
- Cummings said earlier in July that one of her jokes about Donald Trump was cut after she performed it in rehearsal.
- A Netflix spokesperson tells Variety, “While it’s our preference not to cut jokes from anyone’s set, The Kennedy Center has the contractual right to do so.” (Cummings also posted on X, “I was super clear that Netflix did not cut anything from my Mark Twain prize set.
- Who cares?” “They’re like, ‘He will sue you,'” Cummings said, referring to Trump.
What happened
Whitney Cummings performed a comedy set at Bill Maher’s Mark Twain Prize ceremony, which took place on June 28 at the Kennedy Center. Cummings said earlier in July that one of her jokes about Donald Trump was cut after she performed it in rehearsal. A Netflix spokesperson tells Variety, “While it’s our preference not to cut jokes from anyone’s set, The Kennedy Center has the contractual right to do so.” (Cummings also posted on X, “I was super clear that Netflix did not cut anything from my Mark Twain prize set. Who cares?” “They’re like, ‘He will sue you,'” Cummings said, referring to Trump. “I just think it’s a little weird that we can’t joke about it.” Cummings did perform another joke about Trump that made it into the broadcast, about how the president has sway over the programming of the Kennedy Center. “The joke implying he’s racist — no problems,” Cummings said on her podcast.