Former Saturday Night Live comedian Rob Schneider was kicked out of a charity event after leaving the crowd ‘uncomfortable’ with a controversial set. The 60-year-old actor – who has starred inThe Hot Chick and Deuce Bigalow – performed at the Hospital of Regina Foundation’s Four Seasons Ball fundraiser in Canada earlier this week. But the night ended abruptly after he made ‘unacceptable’ jokes that forced the Foundation to release an official apology to their disgruntled patrons.
In a statement to the CBC an attendee, Tynan Allan, shared that the jokes covered transphobic, misogynistic and anti-vax material, leaving the queer Black EDI worker ‘horrified’. Tynan recounted: ‘Everyone in the room was groaning, saying, “What is going on?” Like whispering to themselves. Not a single laugh at times.
‘It was just very apparent how uncomfortable everyone felt and how unacceptable the things he was talking about were.’ An official statement from the Foundation shared with the media said that Rob’s set did ‘not align’ with its values. The apology read: ‘While we recognize that in a free and democratic society individuals are entitled to their views and opinions and that comedy is intended to be edgy, the content, positions and opinions expressed during Mr.
Schneider’s set do not align with the values of our Foundation and team. ‘We do not condone, accept, endorse or share Mr. Schneider’s positions, as expressed during his comedy set and acknowl.
