Tony Hinchcliffe reveals if he regrets Puerto Rico 'garbage' joke at Trump's MSG rally

Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe has declared helium volition not apologize for his infamous Puerto Rico 'garbage' gag made astatine Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden past month.

The 'Kill Tony' big besides addressed fallout from the gag on his podcast Tuesday, wherever helium held tribunal successful Austin, Texas, with Australian comic James McCann and Estonian standout Ari Matti.

Before the amusement began, an unusually solemn Hinchcliffe took the stage.

Over the people of 2 minutes, helium spoke connected a ungraded immoderate had said was going to outgo Donald Trump the election, and unfavorable reactions from stars similar Aubrey Plaza and Jennifer that led him to archer the audience: 'I americium presently nether attack.'

Speaking with an unmistakable aerial of sarcasm, helium made 1 different superior assertion - that helium volition beryllium 'apologiz[ing] to perfectly nobody' - eliciting a circular of applause from the crowd.

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'Last nighttime I gave a speech, I don't cognize if you heard astir this,' Hinchcliffe, 40, began - already being tongue-in-cheek.

'It was a code astir escaped speech, judge it oregon not - I americium presently nether attack.'

The code grew little superior from there, with the comic openly declaring, 'I americium the news.   

'I referenced Puerto Rico, which presently has a landfill occupation successful which each of their landfills are filled to the brim,' the fashionable podcaster who often appears alongside personalities similar Shane Gillis continued.     

'I americium the lone idiosyncratic who knew astir this, unfortunately. 

'With that said, I conscionable privation to accidental that I emotion Puerto Ricans, they're precise astute radical - they're smart, they're thoroughfare smart, they're astute capable to cognize erstwhile they're being utilized arsenic governmental fodder,' helium said, again pivoting to a much earnest tone.   

'Right present that is happening.'

That's erstwhile helium offered his anti-apology -  telling those successful attendance, 'I apologize to perfectly nobody.'

'Not to the Puerto Ricans, not to the whites, not to the blacks, not to the Palestinians, not to the Jews, and not to my ain mother, who I made amusive of during the set,' helium continued, seemingly coming into stride.

'Nobody clipped that - nary headlines astir maine making amusive of my ain mother,' helium added, to immoderate laughs from the unrecorded audience.

'Perhaps that venue astatine that clip wasn't the champion fucking spot to bash this acceptable at,' helium went connected to admit.   

'But successful immoderate matter, to the mainstream media and to anybody trying to slander maine online: That's what I do, and that's ne'er going to change.'

The rant scored large with those successful attendance, and Hinchcliffe proceeded to presume his accustomed spot down the hosting desk.

Sat beside him were McCann and Matti, some of whom person been successful the midst of a caller unreserved of occurrence aft being much oregon little discovered on Hinchcliffe's drama podcast.

The amusement has been known to poke amusive astatine politicians connected some sides of the aisle, with Gillis famously appearing successful costume - and quality - arsenic Trump, possibly spurring the president-elect to telephone connected Hinchcliffe for his high-profile rally. 

The rest, arsenic immoderate magnitude of reports seen implicit the past respective weeks volition archer you, is past - with Hinchcliffe offering up the soundbite of the period erstwhile helium equated the US territory to a 'floating land of garbage'.

The off-color remark spawned almost-immediate backlash, and saw Trump's usually defiant squad region themselves from the comedian.

'This gag does not bespeak the views of President Trump oregon the campaign,' a Trump elder advisor said astatine the time, arsenic celebs similar Plaza, Lopez and Bad Bunny besides spoke retired - each to slam Hinchcliffe arsenic a racist.

'I conscionable wanted to precise rapidly respond to the racist gag that was made astatine that Trump rally astir Puerto Rico, wherever astir of my household is from,' Plaza said astatine the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards precocious past month.

'Thankfully, my saccharine abuelita wasn't present to perceive that disgusting remark.

'If she was live today, I deliberation she would say, 'Tony Hinchcliffe, spell fuck yourself,'' the Parks and Rec prima continued, earlier offering the pursuing signoff: 'And yes, the Wall Street Journal tin punctuation maine connected that.'

Hinchcliffe had remained comparatively soundless since - though a fewer hours earlier his podcast started streaming, helium took to societal media to yet code it.

He did truthful with a retweet of a DailyMail.com nonfiction that discussed however Trump had managed to triumph a circumstantial region successful Florida - 1 that has the highest percent of Puerto Rican voters successful the full US.

The station has since been viewed much than 40,000 times, arsenic the fallout from the gag continues.

The comedian, however, does not look excessively unbothered - sharing a communicative connected Instagram advertizing however 'The adjacent yearly meal of the White House Correspondents' Association volition beryllium connected Saturday April 26, 2025', seemingly looking for his adjacent spot.

The lawsuit has yet to denote a host.