Following Kyle Gass’s onstage joke about the attempted Donald Trump assassination — which, to many, seemed pretty in line with Tenacious D’s whole thing — Jack Black (possibly indefinitely) parted ways with his former creative partner and Gass was dropped by his agent.
Many fans of the duo were surprised and disappointed by Black’s reaction to the joke, and now Gass has deleted the apology that he’d posted in the direct wake of the incident.
Gass’s now-deleted apology read:
The line I improvised onstage Sunday night was highly inappropriate, dangerous and a terrible mistake. I don’t condone violence of any kind, in any form, against anyone. What happened was a tragedy, and I’m incredibly sorry for my severe lack of judgement. I profoundly apologize to those I’ve let down and truly regret any pain I’ve caused.
Gass also liked a post from a Tenacious D fan account encouraging fans to sign a petition to “bring back the D.”
>I don’t condone violence
Then you will lose because the otherside is full of violent nutters.
Maybe Jack Black decided not to work with him any further and Kyle figured he may as well retract his (obviously insincere) post.
they will be remembered as eternal pussies if they part ways over something as dumb as this.
friendship is a fucking commitment. you learn that shit in kindergarten.
Tenacious D, loving thy neighbour, loving thy brother — a band is supposed to be bigger than splitting hairs over vaudeville political antics. no one on earth actually cares as much as you think they do. just chill. literally just chill. you know each other better than anyone of us could.
acknowledge your homies — the people you actually interact, perform and laugh with in real life?
to do anything else is to be less than dogshit. if you can’t look after your homies, then you’re a fuckin zombie. a false consciousness.
shape up, move on, and be living for fucks sake.
if thats not enough, google “resentiment” and “slave morality.” read some nietzsche, understand that these charades only serve to make Trump look stronger. stop being fuckin stupid and get back to what you love.
Kyle took a bullet for me
Now I’ve got to rock for three
KG and me, don’t forget about Tenacious D…