Welcome to the show. Kevin Hart is angry at people who have been roasting him for not speaking out about the George Floyd joke at his own roast. He went on “The Breakfast Club” and defended his position—and this part is not going to sit well with some people. He also defended Tony Hinchcliffe, the comedian who made the joke. Kevin said people have this all wrong. He said Tony is not a racist. And more importantly, he said, “Why are you blaming me?”

The George Floyd joke wasn’t tasteful to our culture, to our audience. But if you’re watching a roast, you get why they’re doing it. You get why racial humor is on the table. I wasn’t shocked. That’s what they do. Go look at the Tom Brady roast. Do I believe Tony’s a racist? No. Do I think Tony goes hard with his racial humor? Yes. Does everybody get it from Tony? Yes. Go familiarize yourself with Tony’s material. He goes hard on all races. That’s his style of comedy.

“I want to make this very clear,” Kevin said. “I didn’t say the joke. You look at me like I said the joke. I didn’t say the joke. It’s your name on the Netflix special.”

Here’s what I don’t understand. On one hand, Kevin Hart is saying Tony is not a racist and the joke is absolutely fair game in that context. The joke is totally fine. And then in the next breath, he’s saying, “Don’t blame me. I didn’t say that joke.” Well, if it’s okay, why is he trying to disavow himself?

To be fair to Kevin, he said, “I wouldn’t tell that joke, but in the context of this roast, I didn’t have a problem with any comedian.” He said it’s not wrong. He’s saying that people who have a problem with the joke shouldn’t come for him because he doesn’t have a problem with it. That joke is fine. You shouldn’t have a problem with it. But if you do, don’t come after me. I’m not the one who told it.

It’s like, why do the “don’t come after me” part? Just because he didn’t tell it. That’s true. He didn’t tell the joke. Then take the position and say it’s fair game if that’s the way you feel. But then to say “I didn’t do it, it’s not me”—a lot of people felt that he had a responsibility to check Tony for that joke and maybe not laugh as hard as he did. But Kevin explained that it’s a live production and he signed a contract to put on a good roast for Netflix. That’s what he was doing.

He said he doesn’t have a problem with it, so the idea of him standing up and saying “how dare you” isn’t something he would do because he didn’t have a problem with the joke. He’s a comedian. He’s very funny. I like the guy a lot. But there’s an element of courage here. When you say someone had a right to tell this joke, you don’t then stand back and say, “I didn’t do it, don’t blame me.” It feels overdefensive.

Comedians can tell whatever joke they want. Period. As long as it’s funny. There’s one major rule in comedy: it’s got to be funny. That’s what Nikki Glaser said. The problem isn’t that it’s racist. It’s that sometimes you have to find a way to make it make sense. You can’t just say it out of nowhere. That’s what people are having a problem with. I love roasts and how anything can be said, all bets are off. But you have to make it palatable. The joke felt forced, like he was reaching for something shocking.

There was another one where Shane Gillis made a lynching joke about Kevin Hart. He even admitted in the moment it didn’t land. He said, “I just thought it would be funny because I said the word ‘bonsai.’” But it didn’t work.

A viewer from Dallas said: “I think the outrage mob is at it again. They’re melting down because they think comedy owes them a trigger warning. Do they forget that free speech isn’t optional when it stings? Roasts are meant to roast. There are no safe spaces. Let the market decide how far is too far or how funny is funny.”

Here’s what I’m going to show you. Donald Trump just did something nobody expected. He put his name on an $8 billion renovation of Penn Station—gold columns, the presidential seal, his name on the wall. And he’s going to the NBA Finals. But the bigger shock? He’s also hosting a UFC fight on the White House lawn. This is Trump as only Trump can be. By the time we’re done, you’ll understand why **the $8 billion price tag** matters. Why the thousand tickets he’s holding tell you everything about his brand. And why the AI-generated revenge post against Barack Obama might be the most revealing thing he’s done yet.

The L.A. mayoral election is one week away, and Spencer Pratt has caught fire. He’s doing very well. On the “Two Angry Men” podcast this weekend, I predicted he will shock people and get 38% of the vote. He will beat Karen Bass, although there will be a runoff. I went out on a limb, but I think he’s going to surprise people.

But there’s one person who would be none too happy: Lisa Rinna. She has a very strong feeling about Spencer Pratt or anybody of his ilk running for office.

“Who should be the next mayor of L.A.?”

“That’s why I’m asking you.”

“I’m going to say I don’t know yet. Not a reality star, though. I love him, but we’ve already done that. We’re not going to do that again.”

Do you think there’s a good chance he will be the next mayor? It could be. He’s got power behind him. But why are so many Hollywood people on the West Side into Spencer Pratt being mayor? I don’t know. I’m a reality person. You wouldn’t want me as mayor. That’s fair. Not all reality stars are the same.

There is one reality star I would vote for for president—the only person I’ve ever mentioned. Mark Cuban. He’s far more accomplished beyond being on reality TV. Lisa’s point is that Spencer’s only thing on his resume is reality star. He doesn’t have experience running a company, much less an entire city. That’s fair. It’s not only because he’s a reality star, but that’s the only thing he’s done.

John F. Kennedy didn’t have administrative experience either. He brought really good people in. It’s actually kind of offensive to Donald Trump when people compare Spencer Pratt to Trump, who had many decades of experience running a very large company. He had administrative chops. I’m not saying that worked out perfectly, but he had it.

Karen Bass had no administrative experience when she ran for mayor. That’s an anti-Spencer point. Look at how she’s done. There are a lot of people dissatisfied with the way L.A. is running under Karen Bass. That accounts for all the support Spencer is getting.

I spent some time this weekend reading Spencer’s platform positions on homelessness. He actually addresses it deeper than most candidates. He has a real plan. Whether you agree with it or not, the city is in rough shape. Karen Bass’s biggest asset is the “D” next to her name. She’s a Democrat, and that makes a huge difference in L.A. Spencer is a Republican, running as an independent, but everyone knows he’s Republican. This is a hardcore Democratic city. He’s going to have an uphill battle in the general election.

A viewer from L.A. said: “Spencer Pratt has tapped into a part of L.A. that is really valid. A lot of people are frustrated. But if you look at what he’s saying, he wants to prevent wildfires and stop homelessness. That’s not much of a platform. He doesn’t have points on climate change. And he wants to build a sanctuary outside L.A.’s jurisdiction for unhoused people, which he cannot do.”

I’m not sure you’re right. If it’s privately funded, as his platform said, why couldn’t he? Governors like Texas’s were shipping people to other states. If they could do that, why wouldn’t Pratt be able to do this? As L.A. mayor, that’s not within one’s jurisdiction. Private funding is a separate possibility. But creating an entire center within the power of the mayor is probably not something he can do. We’ll see.

The LA mayoral election is one week away, and Spencer Pratt has caught fire. On the Two Angry Men podcast this weekend, I predicted he will shock people and get 38% of the vote. He will beat Karen Bass, although there will be a runoff. I went out on a limb, but I think he’s going to surprise people.

But there’s one person who would be none too happy: Lisa Rinna. She has a very strong feeling about Spencer Pratt or anybody of his ilk running for office.

“Who should be the next mayor of LA?”

“That’s why I’m asking you.”

“I’m going to say I don’t know yet. Not a reality star, though. I love him, but we’ve already done that. We’re not going to do that again.”

Do you think there’s a good chance he will be the next mayor? It could be. He’s got power behind him. But why are so many Hollywood people on the West Side into Spencer Pratt being mayor? I don’t know. I’m a reality person. You wouldn’t want me as mayor. That’s fair. Not all reality stars are the same.

There is one reality star I would vote for for president—the only person I’ve ever mentioned. Mark Cuban. He’s far more accomplished beyond being on reality TV. Lisa’s point is that Spencer’s only thing on his resume is reality star. He doesn’t have experience running a company, much less an entire city. That’s fair. It’s not only because he’s a reality star, but that’s the only thing he’s done.

John F. Kennedy didn’t have administrative experience either. He brought really good people in. It’s actually kind of offensive to Donald Trump when people compare Spencer Pratt to Trump, who had many decades of experience running a very large company. He had administrative chops. I’m not saying that worked out perfectly, but he had it.

Karen Bass had no administrative experience when she ran for mayor. That’s an anti-Spencer point. Look at how she’s done. There are a lot of people dissatisfied with the way LA is running under Karen Bass. That accounts for all the support Spencer is getting.

I spent some time this weekend reading Spencer’s platform positions on homelessness. He actually addresses it deeper than most candidates. He has a real plan. Whether you agree with it or not, the city is in rough shape. Karen Bass’s biggest asset is the “D” next to her name. She’s a Democrat, and that makes a huge difference in LA. Spencer is a Republican, running as an independent, but everyone knows he’s Republican. This is a hardcore Democratic city. He’s going to have an uphill battle in the general election.

A viewer from LA said: “Spencer Pratt has tapped into a part of LA that is really valid. A lot of people are frustrated. But if you look at what he’s saying, he wants to prevent wildfires and stop homelessness. That’s not much of a platform. He doesn’t have points on climate change. And he wants to build a sanctuary outside LA’s jurisdiction for unhoused people, which he cannot do.”

I’m not sure you’re right. If it’s privately funded, as his platform said, why couldn’t he? Governors like Texas’s were shipping people to other states. If they could do that, why wouldn’t Pratt be able to do this? As LA mayor, that’s not within one’s jurisdiction. Private funding is a separate possibility. But creating an entire center within the power of the mayor is probably not something he can do. We’ll see.

Everyone’s favorite love triangle has gone international. Summer House’s Amanda and West, and the jilted ex-girlfriend Sierra. Which, by the way, is an oxymoron. How can you be jilted if you broke up with him? She’s the one who ended it. But she has certainly been playing the victim. She’s getting a lot of new deals and new jobs because of all this attention. She’s at the Cannes Film Festival and had this to say about the future of her relationship with Amanda.

“I’m excited to put it all behind me. The reunion was quite the day, but we’re on to bigger and better. We can say goodbye to certain things. I think we’ll definitely get some clarity. It was very cathartic. It’s one of those unfortunate situations, but I’m so excited to move on. You can’t take everyone with you. It’s nice to be able to move into this next chapter and have clarity on who’s supposed to be there and who’s not.”

“So, you and Amanda are done?”

“Yeah, for sure. I wouldn’t do this to my worst enemy.”

Date a guy you dumped. How dumb is this? By the way, Amanda and West were spotted at the airport going to Rome. Obviously people think they’re trying to get away because of all the reunion chaos. But we’re hearing that West’s cousin is getting married in Italy. Amanda is his plus one, and this was pre-planned. They do have internet there.

Can we kill this ridiculous “girl code” thing? No. Girl code is stone clad. You do not break girl code. Then you will be banished like Amanda. There’s a whole history of this in the United States. You don’t own people. That’s true. The idea that a girlfriend who dumps a guy can own her friend from dating him—like he’s property—Frederick Douglass would have said the same thing.

We cannot get rid of girl code. It exists for good reason. I think this next chapter for Sierra will be amazing. She’s going to have a lot of opportunity business-wise. She’s the next Ariana. Everybody wants to root for her. I don’t really think Amanda and West are going to go the distance. I wouldn’t celebrate if they broke up, but I wouldn’t be surprised. There’s a twinkle—you’re smiling. I think we’d all say, “Told you so. Was it worth it?”

They are getting ready for maybe the biggest fight night in American history on American soil. As far as the venue, the fact that there is going to be a UFC fight on the lawn of the White House—this is June 14th. They have started construction, and it’s a massive venue taking over the White House. As if they weren’t doing enough construction already.

Here’s the rendering of what this whole thing is going to look like. It’s wild. What I don’t understand—are they covering it in case it rains? I was told no. Dana White hates outdoor fights because you can’t control the weather. So people are going to sit there in the rain? What happens in the octagon? It’s going to be slippery. That would be awesome. It’s just not going to rain. You can’t say that. It never rains in June in D.C. It was pissing rain on Friday. They have actual weather. If you want to do something like this, you do it in Southern California where it generally doesn’t rain.

How do they do that in the octagon without covering it? There’s a reason why they don’t. This might be a cautionary tale. At first I thought this was really silly and hokey, but now that they’re putting it together, I’m kind of into it.

How many people are there? About 4,000. Military vets. Dana White gets a certain number of tickets. The president gets a number of tickets. Trump gets a thousand, I believe. Dana gets like 200. At first, Babcock thought he was getting tickets, and then he saw that number. I’m not even asking.

A viewer from Pittsburgh said: “This is as Trump as it gets. We’re used to seeing him exalt himself, and doing this on his birthday and holding a thousand tickets for himself tells you what type of event this is. I’m not surprised because the UFC is centered to be MAGA. It makes sense. Is the card even worth watching? It’s a good card, but it’s not one of the greatest of all time. I would expect it to be better.”

The audience isn’t just MAGA. UFC fans are diverse. This is going to be a who’s who of popular people.

Matthew Perry’s former assistant, Kenneth Iwamasa, is going to be sentenced this week. He already struck a plea deal. He pled guilty. Prosecutors want him to get a much longer sentence because he was caught red-handed trying to clean up evidence. Destroying evidence. Cleaning up the scene. Deleting documents. He was a facilitator in Matthew Perry’s addiction. That’s why he’s going to prison. It’s a matter of how long.

Matthew Perry’s family has said that Iwamasa let them down. They thought the purpose of him being Matthew’s assistant was to help him avoid addiction. This is a story as old as Hollywood. Judy Garland. Marilyn Monroe. Michael Jackson. Elizabeth Taylor. Doctors and hangers-on want to ingratiate themselves with celebrities. The way they do it is a celebrity wants something, so they get it. Sleeping pills and uppers are the way a lot of people live in this town.

The prosecutor says that right after Matthew died, Iwamasa went into a frenzy of trying to clean up evidence. He started shredding paperwork. Syringes. Bottles of ketamine. His argument in court is that he was just doing what his boss told him to do. Matthew said, “In case I die, I want you to destroy evidence.” Not the injecting part. Matthew Perry was an addict, and they were making sure he stayed an addict by continuing to fuel him with ketamine. To say, “I have this addict who said, ‘I want you to keep doing it’”—of course they said that. They’re an addict. They want to get something, and they’re using you to get it.

Remember Kelly Osbourne talking about when she was thirteen years old? She’d go to the pharmacy, and they’d fill powerful narcotics for her without getting a parent to sign off. That’s the way Hollywood works.

He will find out his sentence on Wednesday. Prosecutors want him to go for more than three years. We’ll see.

Russell Crowe fans got quite a treat. They got to interact with their hero outside his hotel in Paris, but the interaction might not have gone exactly as they thought. They wanted autographs. Russell laid down some ground rules.

“Stay where you are. Don’t push in on me. I’ll come to you. Just give everybody space.”

I like that. Nothing wrong with that. It’s smart because if you get mobbed, you’re not going to sign anything. And he signed everything. It also looks out for the safety of the people there. If everyone starts packing in, someone could get knocked over.

He’s already responded to the clip. He said everyone ended up getting their autograph and selfie. The reason he was clearing the way is that the entrance of the hotel needed to be clear for guests. He said it’s clickbait. “Everybody got their autograph and selfie. The passage of the hotel was kept free for guests, and I still got to the airport on time. One man, no security, handled it. What’s your problem?”

He did it right.

On President Trump’s first campaign, the big chant was “Lock her up.” Interestingly, Hillary Clinton did not get included in an AI-generated post he put up this weekend. But Barack Obama did. He showed a group of people he says are very destructive to our nation, caused tremendous damage through weaponization. He’s showing off people he feels were responsible for the weaponization he’s now trying to correct.

Let’s talk about the racism here. If you look, there’s only one person with a middle name listed: Barack Hussein Obama. Any time President Trump mentions President Obama, he always says the middle name. But if you look at the nine people, he didn’t do it with any of the others. He put one in for a nickname for someone else but not the middle name. That’s telling.

And why is Obama not in orange? Is he like the warden or something? There’s no way he would make him the warden. Someone said it might be a nod to the tan suit. Maybe. It’s just exhausting.

He thinks that by showing these people, everyone’s going to be—and he knows he has an issue right now. At least in the Senate, Republicans have said this is not legal.

I was thinking about this over the weekend. Donald Trump said he’s not thinking about the American people when it comes to Iran. All he’s thinking about is nuclear war. I don’t think Donald Trump cares that much about whether the Democrats take control of Congress. If he did, he wouldn’t be supporting certain candidates. I think he wants them to win the House so he has a reason for nothing getting done because they’re stopping him. He’ll still use executive power. I think he just wants to do what he wants to do. It’s not even about the consequence of Republicans losing Congress. He just wants to do what he wants.

A viewer from Atlanta said: “President Trump understands propaganda and messaging probably more than anyone in the country. He knows there are no repercussions for lying. He can do things like this to get his way. People who know it’s propaganda can ignore it, but there are people who will be swayed. Those are the people he’s hoping to encourage to come to his side. He’s not going to get in trouble for it. There are no legal ramifications for posting this. So why not?”

Gas prices are through the roof. I don’t think this is bothering him because he says he’s more interested in enriched uranium. Cost of living and other metrics—I just don’t think that’s on his mind. I think he wants his legacy to be what he wants to do. I think he still wants to win. He just believes his base is strong enough that if they all come out and vote, he’s going to win no matter what. After last week’s primaries, he’s definitely feeling that way. He can win primaries for sure. The issue is general elections.

New York City is in full celebration. The Knicks have reached the NBA Finals with a massive blowout win over the Cleveland Cavaliers. Timothée Chalamet has been a loyal fan at every game, even skipping the Met Gala. Kylie was with him last night. As soon as the game was over, he got to live out every fan’s dream.

“Bro, I got your jersey in my house. Come on, baby! MVP!”

He’s a true fan. I thought he was going to start crying when he was talking to Mikal Bridges. “I have your jersey at home!” He called him the GOAT. Mikal Bridges has had a troubled season, but he’s playing wonderful now. He represents all Knicks fans. Being a Knicks fan is a very tough road to hoe. It’s not like the Lakers and Celtics. We’re going to enjoy every single moment.

Timothée Chalamet is so authentic. That’s why the opera thing he talked about—he got dragged for it, but he was just being honest. It’s interesting at his level to be that authentic and real. There are no subdued Knicks fans. Spike Lee. Ben Stiller. Timothée Chalamet. We don’t act like we’ve been there before because we don’t go that often. He’s ride or die. He’s our Jack Nicholson. Kylie is our Diane?

She has to make brownies. She’s the diet. Who was married to—never mind.

Chelsea Handler has talked a lot about her single life. She’s very happy being single, but she also talked about a bad dating experience, and it all comes down to who’s going to pay.

She said she’s paid for a guy, and it’s “ick.” It’s gross. It’s not attractive. She paid for everything for a younger guy she dated—a trip to Greece and all these things—and she’s pissed that he took half her points.

“You were just renting a good time. Think of him like a prostitute.”

“That’s actually a good point.”

If the guy pays, is he renting a prostitute? You would think that’s exactly what he’s saying. She’s saying whoever pays is the “John.” That would mean if a guy pays for a girl, the girl’s a prostitute. That’s ridiculous. Why is money such an operative factor? You dated a 24-year-old who didn’t have money. Your choice. If you don’t want to split, don’t date the 24-year-old or don’t go to Greece. Don’t complain after the fact.

You guys sound ridiculous. You came from an era where chivalry and the way men courted women was the standard. My generation was also chivalrous. It’s diabolical coming from you guys. You say you believe in equality, but you don’t. If you want equality, why does the guy have to buy dinner? Why can’t it be a rule that the person with more money pays? We said that this morning. In a heterosexual relationship, the man pays. How is that equal? Because back in the day, when the woman made more money, she couldn’t vote either.

Men don’t court women now. Men want to be courted. Men want you to pay for their dinner. Men want to be “little females.” That’s what’s wrong with men these days. If you want a woman to pay for your meal, listen up. For the men that expect women to pay for all of their lifestyles—this new generation, you’ve got to kill it.

Why can’t a woman court a man? Because she wants to. Bye.

A viewer from Dallas said: “At the end of the day, we all know what you guys are expecting. If I’m going to give you my body, potentially allow you to impregnate me at a time when I don’t even have rights to my reproductive system—or if they’re quickly being stripped—you can pay for a steak.”

Nobody wants you to be pregnant. If you’re talking about dinner, that’s the prostitution part. It just is. It costs money for me to look good for you. It costs money for me to be on your arm. Guess what? It costs money for the man to look good too. I’m spending money. Oh my god, I’m out.

Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper has a very interesting method of brushing his teeth. He puts the toothpaste in his mouth first. It’s different. The only thing bad about it is if someone else wants to use your toothpaste. Who cares? You need the toothpaste in your mouth. Why limit it to the brush when you can get an even distribution? I might try it.

A viewer from Kansas City said: “As a Kansas City fan, I expect nothing less from a Phillies athlete. I’m not one to judge what someone does, but that’s extremely weird.”

I’m not one to judge, but I might try it. I’m the only person using the toothpaste in my house. It feels like an even distribution. I kind of like it.

Donald Trump just did something nobody expected. He didn’t just put his name on a train station. He didn’t just host a UFC fight on the White House lawn. He didn’t just go to an NBA Finals game. He did all of it—at once. The $8 billion renovation of Penn Station with his name in gold. The thousand tickets he’s holding for a fight on his own property. The AI-generated revenge post that went after Obama with a middle-name dog whistle. This is Trump doing what Trump does: dominating the conversation, controlling the narrative, and daring anyone to stop him.

The Penn Station renderings show a building that looks like a Trump property. Gold. Marble. His name everywhere. Critics say it’s tacky. Supporters say it’s beautiful. Trump doesn’t care. He’s not building it for them. He’s building it for history. When people walk through that station in fifty years, they’ll see his name. That’s the point.

The UFC fight is happening on June 14th—the day before his birthday. He’s giving himself a present: a thousand tickets to hand out to whomever he wants. Allies. Donors. Friends. It’s not about the sport. It’s about the spectacle. It’s about power.

And the AI post—that’s the tell. He could have included Hillary. He didn’t. He could have gone after Biden. He didn’t. He went after Obama, and he used the middle name that drives his base crazy. He knows exactly what he’s doing. He’s not running against Obama. Obama can’t run again. But Obama represents the Democratic establishment, and Trump wants his voters to remember who the real enemy is.

Nobody expected any of this. A train station. A fight. A revenge meme. But that’s Trump. He doesn’t do what you expect. He does what you can’t ignore.

Coming up: RFK Jr. is a snake wrangler. Not a metaphor. Actual snakes. We’ll see you tomorrow.