Did new “Daily Show” host Trevor Noah delete this tweet from April 29, 2011 comparing actress Mo’Nique to Jabba the Hut?
Game over? Where edgy @Trevornoah compares actress from Precious to Jabba the Hut pic.twitter.com/At7McR1zgn
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) April 1, 2015
Looks like it. Here’s a screenshot of his timeline of where the above tweet should be:
And the links are dead in the RTs of it:
I love that movie RT @Trevornoah: The movie "Precious" is on Mnet. Mo'Nique is such a bad-ass in this movie. She … http://tmi.me/9x1oY
— zipho (@ziphomanyathi) April 29, 2011
Lol!!RT @Trevornoah: The movie "Precious" is on Mnet. Mo'Nique is such a bad-ass in this movie. She looks like … http://tmi.me/9x1kt
— Lodwa Ntaka (@LodwaNtaka) April 29, 2011
Yesterday Noah defended tweets such as the one above as a “joke that didn’t land”:
To reduce my views to a handful of jokes that didn’t land is not a true reflection of my character, nor my evolution as a comedian.
— Trevor Noah (@Trevornoah) March 31, 2015
So now he’s deleting these bad jokes hoping nobody will see them? Good luck with that.
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