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Insults were par for the course at The Roast of Kevin Hart, but some jokes had more acid than others. Shane Gillis, who hosted, and Chelsea Handler traded particularly intense barbs at the Netflix Is a Joke<\/a> centerpiece, and Handler got in some hard knocks on Trump supporter Tony Hinchcliffe<\/a>.<\/p>\n The back-and-forth began with Gillis, who introduced Handler as \u201ca Zionist\u201d with political criticism. \u201cNot saying that\u2019s a good or bad thing,\u201d he added. \u201cSpeaking of dead kids, she\u2019s a big fan of abortions. Chelsea\u2019s been scraped more times than the grill at Benihana.\u201d There\u2019s a branch in midtown that Gillis must have gone to recently because it queued up his next line, too. \u201cSpeaking of tossing tiny shrimp into a child\u2019s mouth, Chelsea Handler went to dinner at Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s house in 2010,\u201d he said, referencing a real dinner she has acknowledged before<\/a>. \u201cLook it up, there\u2019s articles. It wasn\u2019t like a big party; there were like seven people there. It was like Prince Andrew and Woody Allen were there.\u201d With that, he brought out Handler.<\/p>\n Handler responded directly to Gillis. \u201cShane, just so you know, Judaism and Zionism are two different things,\u201d she said. \u201cJust like how Chinatown and Koreatown are two different things, but your favorite slur works in both places.\u201d She then burned him for getting fired from Saturday Night Live<\/a> before even appearing on the show for using anti-Asian slurs<\/a>. \u201cShane has been accused of being anti-Asian,\u201d Handler said, \u201cwhich is ironic given that he has the complexion and physique of a steamed dumpling.\u201d<\/p>\n Handler then turned her attention to both Gillis and Kill Tony podcast host Hinchcliffe, two faces of the so-called manosphere<\/a>, which is another way of saying Trump supporters loved them in 2024. Handler herself isn\u2019t a fan. She told a stone-faced Hinchcliffe that he is \u201cwhat happens when women don\u2019t have safe access to abortion care.\u201d \u201cTony and Shane, this must be so exciting for you guys,\u201d she said. \u201cUsually on Sunday nights, you just burn a cross on someone\u2019s lawn, and tonight you get to roast a whole Black guy.\u201d Handler ended her Hinchcliffe run by asking him, \u201cIf you\u2019re here tonight, who\u2019s keeping Joe Rogan\u2019s balls warm in their mouth?\u201d While Hinchcliffe shook his head in disbelief, the audience cheered.<\/p>\n She also called out other male comedians onstage who attended the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia<\/a>, though she didn\u2019t mention anyone by name. \u201cNow that your favorite leader is making the draft mandatory, I assume that all of you will be signing up to go fight the war in Iran,\u201d Handler said. \u201cOr do you tough-talking pussies only go to the Middle East for comedy festivals?\u201d Roasters who attended Riyadh included Pete Davidson, Jeff Ross, and the guest of honor, Hart himself. Ironically, both Gillis and Hinchcliffe have publicly<\/a> said<\/a> they turned down the festival. On this one issue, the three are aligned.<\/p>\n Sign up for the Vulture Daily<\/p>\n An entertainment newsletter for the pop-culture obsessed.<\/p>\n Vox Media, LLC Terms and Privacy Notice<\/p>\n