Chelsea Handler slams ‘racist’ Shane Gillis and Tony Hinchcliffe after they mocked her at Kevin Hart Roast
Chelsea Handler took aim at Shane Gillis and Tony Hinchcliffe after they mocked her at Netflix’s The Roast of Kevin Hart and delivered controversial sets that sparked backlash.
The comedian ripped into the pair during a recent appearance on Deon Cole’s Funny Knowing You podcast, where she accused both comics of crossing the line during the event.
‘I knew enough about Tony and Shane – they’re racists, they’re bigots, they’re sexist,’ Handler said. ‘I don’t find those jokes funny. Lynching Black people is not a joke. It’s worse than rape.’
The star also called out jokes involving Sherryl Underwood’s late husband.
‘There was so much disgustingness, I knew it was gonna be a gross vibe,’ she claimed.
During the roast, host Gillis introduced Handler with a jab referencing her attendance at a 2010 dinner party hosted by disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, after he had already served jail time for procuring a minor for prostitution.
Chelsea Handler took aim at Shane Gillis and Tony Hinchcliffe after they mocked her at Netflix ’s The Roast of Kevin Hart during a recent Deon Cole’s Funny Knowing You podcast
The comedian ripped into the pair during a recent appearance on Deon Cole’s Funny Knowing You podcast, where she accused both comics of being ‘racist, sexist bigots’ during the event
‘Chelsea is a Zionist. I’m not saying that’s good or bad. Speaking of dead kids, she’s a big fan of abortions. Chelsea’s been scraped more times than the grill at Benihana,’ Gillis said during the set.
He then added: ‘Speaking of tossing tiny shrimp into a child’s mouth, Chelsea Handler went to dinner at Jeffrey Epstein’s house in 2010.’
Gillis later defended the bit, insisting it was simply ‘a fun’ joke and telling the audience: ‘You can look it up, there’s articles. It wasn’t like a big party, it was like seven people there. Prince Andrew and Woody Allen were there.’
Handler has previously addressed the now-infamous dinner party herself.
During a 2021 appearance on Rob Lowe’s Literally! With Rob Lowe podcast, she claimed she ‘didn’t know who Jeffrey Epstein was’ at the time and described the evening as ‘so awkward and so weird.’
According to reports, the Manhattan gathering was attended by several high-profile figures including Prince Andrew, Woody Allen, Soon-Yi Previn, Katie Couric, George Stephanopoulos and Charlie Rose.
But perhaps the most controversial joke of the night came from Hinchcliffe, whose jab about George Floyd immediately ignited outrage online.
‘The Black community is so proud of you… right now George Floyd is looking up at us all laughing so hard he can’t breathe,’ Hinchcliffe said during the roast.
‘I knew enough about Tony and Shane – they’re racists, they’re bigots, they’re sexist,’ Handler said; Above, Shane Gillis
‘I don’t find those jokes funny. Lynching Black people is not a joke. It’s worse than rape,’ Hnadler said; Above, Tony Hinchcliffe
At the roast, Handler insulted Hinchcliffe, who had referred to her earlier in the evening as a ‘cold frigid bitch’
While Handler avoided directly responding to Gillis’ Epstein joke during the roast itself, she did make pointed references to his past controversy surrounding anti-Asian slurs that led to his firing from Saturday Night Live
Handler, however, did not stay quiet during her own set and fired back at both comics with a string of blistering insults aimed especially at Hinchcliffe, who had referred to her earlier in the evening as a ‘cold frigid bitch.’
‘Tony and Shane, this must be so exciting for you guys. Usually on Sunday nights, you just burn a cross on someone’s lawn, and tonight you get to roast a whole Black guy… If you’re here tonight, who’s keeping Joe Rogan’s balls warm in their mouth?’ she quipped.
She continued her takedown of Hinchcliffe with: ‘Tony is what happens when women don’t have safe access to abortion care… I didn’t know veneers came in deli mustard yellow. You must be using Crest White Supremacist Strips.’
‘Tony, you have the face of a school shooter and the personality of someone who gets shot first,’ she added.
While Handler avoided directly responding to Gillis’ Epstein joke during the roast itself, she did make pointed references to his past controversy surrounding anti-Asian slurs that led to his firing from Saturday Night Live before he ever appeared on the show.
‘Shane, just so you know Judaism and Zionism are two different things,’ she said. ‘Kind of like how Chinatown and Koreatown are two different things, but your favorite slur works in both places.’
Handler then added: ‘Shane has been accused of being anti-Asian which is ironic, considering he has the complexion and physique of a steamed dumpling.’
The jab appeared to land with Gillis himself, who could be seen laughing at the remark.
Meanwhile, Hart has defended Hinchcliffe, praising the comic’s roast performance and insisting he ‘understood the assignment.’
‘He was relentless as he always is, but funny,’ Hart said following criticism surrounding the special.