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Tony Hinchcliffe, the comedian whose -appearance at a New York rally for then-candidate Donald Trump drew bipartisan backlash after he made disparaging comments about Puerto Rico, has inked a deal with Netflix, the company announced Monday.
Under the deal, Hinchliffe will helm three live comedy show specials, with the first premiering on April 7, as well as his own stand-up special.
“Myself and our entire crew of Austin comedians, peers, and upcomers are excited for the opportunity to share our chaotic, insane show with a whole new chunk of the globe,” Hinchcliffe said in a statement to the press.
Hinchliffe, whose YouTube channel, Kill Tony, boasts over 2 million subscribers, gained widespread notoriety last year when he opened for Trump at an October Madison Square Garden Rally. His jokes, which assailed Puerto Rico, Latinos and migrants, caused a massive outcry in the following days.
“I don’t know if you guys know this, but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now,” Hinchcliffe said to laughter at the rally. “I think it’s called Puerto Rico.”
Trump’s campaign tried to distance itself from Hinchliffe and Puerto Rican celebrities, including Aubrey Plaza, Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny and Nicky Jam, blasted the set. Jam, who had previously appeared at a campaign rally alongside the now-president, said the episode pushed him to retract his earlier endorsement of Trump. Lopez attacked Trump for the set at a campaign rally for Kamala Harris in Las Vegas.
Hinchliffe did not apologize, though he did later acknowledge that “perhaps that venue at that time wasn’t the best fucking place to do this set at.”
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