Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass on Trump Joke Controversy
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- kyle Gass of Tenacious D says he has felt "terrible" since making a joke about the 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, a comment that considerably altered the...
- Gass recounted regretting his on-stage quip - made while receiving a birthday cake with bandmate Jack black - that he wished the shooter wouldn't "miss Trump next time."...
- "I'm human, I made a mistake," Gass told rolling Stone.
Tenacious D‘s Kyle Gass Expresses Regret Over 2024 Trump Assassination Attempt Joke
kyle Gass of Tenacious D says he has felt “terrible” since making a joke about the 2024 assassination attempt on Donald Trump, a comment that considerably altered the band’s career trajectory, according to a new interview with Rolling Stone published Wednesday, January 21, 2026.
Gass recounted regretting his on-stage quip – made while receiving a birthday cake with bandmate Jack black – that he wished the shooter wouldn’t “miss Trump next time.” He stated he did not anticipate the remark would garner attention, calling his initial assessment “naive.”
“I’m human, I made a mistake,” Gass told rolling Stone. “I was going for a joke.”