Jack Black halts Tenacious D’s future plans after Gass’ Trump comments

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

JACK BLACK IS BREAKING UP THE BAND.

ANNOUNCING THAT ‘ALL FUTURE CREATIVE PLANS ARE ON HOLD’ WITH HIS ON-STAGE PARTNER KYLE GASS FOLLOWING ON-STAGE COMMENTS MADE REGARDING THE SHOOTING OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.

THE INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN THE DUO’S GROUP ‘TENACIOUS D’ WAS PERFORMING A CONCERT IN SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA AND BLACK BROUGHT OUT A BIRTHDAY CAKE FOR GASS.  

GASS RESPONDED TO BLACK’S REQUEST TO MAKE A WISH WITH THE COMMENT: ‘DON’T MISS TRUMP NEXT TIME’ AND BLEW OUT THE CAKE’S CANDLES. 

BLACK AND GASS FACED SEVERE BACKLASH LEADING TO WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

 AUSTRALIAN SENATOR RALPH BABET CALLED FOR TENACIOUS D TO BE DEPORTED IMMEDIATELY, STATING THE COMMENT WAS NOT A JOKE AND WAS ‘DEADLY SERIOUS’. 

 BLACK MADE A STATEMENT ON INSTAGRAM SAYING HE WAS ‘BLINDSIDED’ BY GASS’ COMMENT. 

 GASS ISSUED A PUBLIC APOLOGY, ACKNOWLEDGING HIS ‘HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE, DANGEROUS AND TERRIBLE MISTAKE.’

BLACK AND GASS FORMED THE ROCK-COMEDY GRAMMY AWARD WINNING BAND IN LOS ANGELES IN 1994. THE DUO HAD PLANNED SEVERAL MORE SHOWS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND BEFORE HEADING BACK TO THE UNITED STATES FOR ADDITIONAL PERFORMANCES. 

IT’S UNCLEAR HOW BLACK AND GASS WILL CREATIVELY MOVE FORWARD.

TRUMP MADE HIS FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE SINCE THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION MONDAY NIGHT, SPORTING A BANDAGE ON HIS RIGHT EAR. 

PRESIDENT BIDEN ADDRESSED THE NATION SUNDAY NIGHT RESPONDING TO THE POLITICAL CLIMATE, EMPHASIZING THE NEED FOR NATIONAL UNITY IN THE FACE OF VIOLENCE.