Who is Tony Hinchcliffe? Comedian's controversial past resurfaces after Trump rally Puerto Rico joke

If voter's didn't cognize his sanction earlier Sunday night, they will now pursuing Donald Trump's rally astatine Madison Square Garden successful New York astatine which stand-up comedian Tony Hinchcliffe took to nan podium to make a bid of jokes, not each of which went down well.

'I don't cognize if you guys cognize this, but there's virtually a floating land of garbage successful nan mediate of nan water correct now. I deliberation it's called Puerto Rico,' said Hinchcliffe, whose group besides included lewd and racist comments astir Latinos, Jews and achromatic people. 

But specified contented is par for nan people for Hinchcliffe, a podcaster and writer known for his edgy, often acheronian joke and crisp roasts - a comic consenting and capable to broach immoderate topic, nary matter really sensitive.

Born successful 1984 and primitively from Youngstown, Ohio, Hinchcliffe grew up successful a rough, reliable vicinity successful nan metropolis of 40,000, notorious for its precocious levels of crime.

At schoolhouse he would emotion to roast his classmates and create his comedic skills. 

'It wasn’t conscionable immoderate magical moment; it was almost 2 decades of continuous practice. The kid that utilized to roast everybody successful school, afloat grown, 40 years old, up there, doing what I was built to do,' he told a Pollstar floor plan earlier this year.

After moving to Los Angeles, he slow roseate to prominence cutting his teeth astatine nan legendary Comedy Store aft moving to nan metropolis successful 2007 and becoming a regular astatine nan venue. 

He gained early nickname connected nan circuit for his activity arsenic a writer and roaster connected Comedy Central's Roast series, wherever he wrote jokes for personage roasts.

During nan pandemic Hinchcliffe near nan West Coast and made a move to Austin, Texas, wherever drama clubs were still unfastened and from wherever he now records Kill Tony, a celebrated unrecorded podcast and drama show.

The podcast which first began successful LA, started successful 2013 and sees amateur and master comedians execute a 60-second group successful beforehand of Hinchcliffe together pinch a sheet of comedians and guests, who past supply feedback and roast nan budding comics.

The podcast, which is now recorded at Joe Rogan's Austin based drama club, Comedy Mothership, presently sits 20th successful Spotify rankings successful nan United States. 

The Kill Tony YouTube channel is highly celebrated pinch 1.9 cardinal subscribers pinch nan 1-million people only being reached this past April. The transmission gets 15-30 million-plus views each period pinch immoderate videos having had much than 20 cardinal views.

A live, stadium type of nan podcast astatine Madison Square Garden earlier this twelvemonth drew successful 25,000 people.  

Known for his speedy wit and often arguable takes, Hinchcliffe has built a beardown pursuing among fans of unfiltered, boundary-pushing drama with a dedicated fanbase that appreciates his bold and unfiltered approach. 

Hinchcliffe released a Netflix typical entitled One Shot connected Netflix successful 2016, which was notable for being filmed successful a azygous continuous changeable - a prime of style that added to his estimation arsenic a skilled unrecorded performer. 

But speech from his success, location person been different violative comments successful nan past. 

Hinchcliffe was progressive successful a erstwhile contention successful May 2021, aft a clip surfaced showing him making racially insensitive remarks astir Chinese-American comedian, Peng Dang. 

During a drama show successful Austin, Peng Dang introduced Hinchcliffe connected shape pursuing his ain set. 

In nan offending clip, Hinchcliffe opened pinch a bid of derogatory comments utilizing a group slur earlier making jokes astir nan Asian organization which immoderate found  to beryllium violative and racist.

The video went viral and drafting wide disapproval online, pinch galore condemning his remarks arsenic violative and inappropriate, particularly fixed nan emergence successful anti-Asian dislike incidents astatine nan time. 

Hinchcliffe's supporters based on that his comments were intended arsenic satire, and simply a hallmark of his boundary-pushing comedic style, while critics felt he had crossed a line. 

The comments resulted successful Hinchcliffe being dropped by his talent agency, WME, and respective of his scheduled performances were canceled. 

Dang shared his position afterwards, stating really he felt Hinchcliffe’s comments weren’t simply portion of an enactment but alternatively crossed into territory that was offensive.

Following nan backlash, Hinchcliffe faced master repercussions, including nan suspension of immoderate of his drama gigs and a region successful immoderate of his appearances connected larger platforms.

Hinchcliffe mostly held backmost from addressing nan contention successful item successful public.

In May of this year, Hinchcliffe deed nan large clip arsenic he took portion in Tom Brady’s unrecorded Netflix drama roast.

But erstwhile again he faced backlash for a sadistic joke astatine Kim Kardashian's expense.

Hinchcliffe made reference to Will Ferrell's cameo astatine nan drama show successful characteristic arsenic his Anchorman persona Ron Burgundy, who successful nan 2004 movie said, 'Discovered by nan Germans successful 1904, they named it San Diego, which of people successful German intends "a whale's vagina."

'A whale's vagina, which reminds me, Kim Kardashian's present - she's had a batch of achromatic Men observe successful her extremity zone,' Hinchcliffe said. 

'Kim, connection of advice, adjacent your legs, you person much nationalist beef than Kendrick and Drake.'

The camera past panned to Kardashian who smiled and nodded, arsenic nan surrounding assemblage members laughed. 

Throughout his career, Hinchcliffe’s drama focuses connected observational humor, satire, and roasts. He's go known for his unapologetic style which whitethorn not beryllium to everyone's taste. 

But it is that style which was connected show connected Sunday nighttime pinch Hinchcliffe erstwhile again stirring controversy, but besides apt making thousands of caller fans successful nan process.