Marlon Wayans Weighs In On Controversial Tony Hinchcliffe Joke, Which Politician Could Be A Comic

EXCLUSIVE: Marlon Wayans encouraged his chap comedians to support making those off-color jokes successful a caller question and reply pinch Fox News Digital.

Americans' funny bones look to person stopped moving successful caller years amid a emergence successful taste sensitivities. But Wayans said he's ne'er fto a changing civilization impact him and not erstwhile has he watered down his humor. 

And he said he's not 1 to judge erstwhile different comics show edgy jokes. One quip successful peculiar caused a weeks-long contention successful nan lead up to nan 2024 statesmanlike election. Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe said astatine a rally for President Donald Trump and joked that Puerto Rico was a "floating land of garbage."

"There's ever going to beryllium different sides of me, but I'm ever going to beryllium for illustration 85% comedian," Wayans told Fox News Digital. "And I deliberation comedians person each correct to flick nosy astatine everything. Now, if you'd person told that joke possibly a different way, Puerto Ricans whitethorn person recovered it funny. But I'm beautiful judge there's immoderate Puerto Ricans that recovered it funny. It depends connected really acheronian your joke is. And I deliberation you person to person nan courageousness to go, ‘Hey, this is funny. Tony roasts for a living.’"

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In a caller interview, comedian Marlon Wayans declared that cancel civilization has ne'er prompted him to h2o down his jokes. (Arturo Holmes/FilmMagic/Getty Images)

"I'm not gonna cancel immoderate comedian for a joke," Wayans added. "Even if it was a Black joke. You know, hopefully you told nan joke that makes Black group laugh. You know, Don Rickles did immoderate of nan astir edgy, racist humor, but man was he funny. And I'm ever gonna subscribe to comedy." 

Wayans said it's a comedian's occupation to push buttons and boundaries.

"I cognize Tony and you cognize I've watched him execute astatine The Comedy Store," Wayans continued. "Tony's a funny dude, and I think, look, we gotta push nan envelope. We gotta push buttons. We person to beryllium capable to make group consciousness uncomfortable. We're trying to make group laughter astatine themselves. We're not trying to wounded your feelings… but sometimes there's casualties successful war." 

"Finding jokes is war," he explained. "And sometimes you measurement connected onshore mines, and that's okay. Next joke. And each joke you show is going to beryllium for illustration that. But you can't beryllium – you gotta beryllium fearless. You gotta conscionable locomotion done that landmine. Some is going to rustle up successful your face. You know, I'm beautiful judge immoderate group enjoyed it. And past nan mostly of it, possibly they didn't. But, adjacent joke."

Bill Maher besides defended Hinchcliffe's joke erstwhile he had nan comedian connected his "Club Random" podcast past week.

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Marlon Wayans performs astatine The Apollo Theater connected November 11, 2023, successful New York City.  (Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

Wayans was 1 of nan stars of "In Living Color," an "SNL"-like satire show that ran from 1990-1994, pinch his siblings Keenan Ivory Wayans, Damon Wayans, Shaun Wayans, and sister Kim Wayans. Eventual megastars for illustration Jamie Foxx and Jim Carrey besides served arsenic formed members.

"'In Living Color' was for illustration my alma mater," Wayans fondly recalled. "It's for illustration wherever I came up, it's my graduating class. I was nan freshman and I learned truthful much. And that type of joke is ingrained successful my soul. That's our family humor. So we're ever gonna bring that. Every clip we bring a Wayans project, we're ever gonna person that flavor. That's conscionable who we are. We're adjacent opportunity offenders, nary holds barred. And we person fun, and we spell dark, but pinch kids' gloves." 

That's existent of his filmography too, Wayans said, referencing his 2004 movie "White Chicks," successful which he and relative Shawn play 2 FBI agents who disguise themselves arsenic White women successful bid to bait a kidnapper. Some person suggested nan movie could ne'er beryllium made today.

"The full intent is not to wounded feelings, it's to really make group laugh," he added. "And moreover nan group that… Our point is, we effort to make nan group that we make nosy of laughter nan loudest. 'Cause flattery is nan top shape of mockery. I mean, insult is nan top shape of flattery. And so, they've been trying to — nan net aliases immoderate — trying to cancel america for 'White Chicks' forever, but you can't. You cognize why? You cognize who loves 'White Chicks' nan most? White chicks. So we told nan joke nan correct way. And that's conscionable really we do our family humor."

Shawn and Marlon Wayans The Wayans family of actors besides includes Keenan, Damon, and Kim. ((Reuters))

Wayans was asked whether immoderate politicians could person had a 2nd profession arsenic stand-up comics.

"I'm beautiful judge location are… I don't cognize which 1 correct now," he answered. "They're each a bunch of clowns and jokes to me. Just for illustration watching a circus. I don't cognize what's happening. But you cognize who would beryllium a really bully standup comedian? I deliberation Barack Obama would person been a awesome standup comedian. Like, he's funny. He's witty, he's charming, he's likable. And he, erstwhile he does his speeches, he takes his digs and they're funny. And you cognize it's for illustration disconnected nan top. I deliberation Obama's a funny dude."

Obama and his erstwhile statesmanlike force Mitt Romney were praised for their stellar comedic timing astatine nan Al Smith meal successful 2012. A mates of nan much memorable jokes from Obama included him poking nosy astatine his mediate name, Hussein, and his mediocre capacity successful his first statement against Romney, while besides throwing successful immoderate jabs astir Romney's wealth.

"Trump's a different benignant of comedian," Wayans said. "I deliberation Trump is funny, and he doesn't moreover cognize he is. He conscionable says crazy stuff. He's for illustration somebody's crazy grandpa who conscionable sits connected a structure spitting retired insanity, and you're going, 'Grandpa's crazy, but that 1 point he said was benignant of funny.'"

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According to a caller book, erstwhile President Barack Obama wanted to person a Democratic superior pursuing President Biden withdrawing from nan 2024 election. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Wayans said he and his brothers ever laughter off-camera together, too.

"Oh, absolutely," he said. "We all, you know, return pridefulness successful making each different laughter and, you know, if there's a joke retired there, each of america footwear it astir and effort to find nan champion joke. And we're not trying to 1 up each other. It conscionable happens. You conscionable commencement riffing connected a joke. Humor is, it's for illustration a band, right? When personification starts playing, you know, a definite instrumentality successful a definite cardinal and you benignant of jump successful and commencement pinch nan drums and past personification other jumps successful pinch nan bass, and earlier you cognize it, you sewage this beautiful song. And that's really it is hanging retired pinch my brothers and my sisters." 

Wayans is presently connected his nationalist Wild Child tour. He besides has a drama special, "Good Grief," presently streaming connected Amazon Prime. 

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