Netflix aired its television special “The Roast of Kevin Hart” on Sunday where the Pennsylvania comedian was hit with a wave of ridicule from various celebrities, one of whom, according to Variety, took a particularly brutal jab at First Lady Melania Trump with a joke that ultimately “didn’t make the cut.”
While Hart was the primary target for ridicule during the special, other celebrities and well-known figures caught their fair share of mockery as well, including comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who last year opened for a Trump rally in New York City, New York. And, in a joke written by comedian Madison Sinclair targeting Hinchcliffe but ultimately cut from the special, Mrs. Trump caught a fierce stray.
“Tony is like Melania: The only thing relevant about him is that he opened for Trump once,” reads one of the jokes aimed at Hinchcliffe written by Sinclair, shared with Variety.
Comedians have occasionally taken jabs at the first lady, with the most recent example being comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks about Mrs. Trump having “the glow of an expectant widow.” With Trump turning 80 years old next month, many interpreted the joke to be a reference to the president’s age. Mrs. Trump instead interpreted the joke as a call for violence, and erupted at Kimmel over what she said was his “hateful and violent rhetoric,” demanding that ABC News “take a stand” against his "atrocious behavior.”