Rebel Wilson’s VMA Police Brutality Jokes Not Pitch Perfect for Everyone

Rebel Wilson’s VMA Police Brutality Jokes Not Pitch Perfect for Everyone

August 31, 2015 – Even with a flashing Miley Cyrus, it was Rebel Wilson who caught flack when she appeared at the MTV Video Music Awards in a police uniform later revealing a “Fuck Tha Stripper Police” t-shirt. Her comedic monologue was a nod to the issue of police brutality and the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

Rebel Wilson quickly transitioned her commentary from the regular police to the stripper police:

“A lot of people have problem with the police, but I really hate police strippers. You guys know what I’m talking about. They come to your house, you think you’re getting arrested, and you just get a lap dance that is usually uninspired! I hired police stripper for my grandma’s 80th, and he wouldn’t even feel her up…. I hate this injustice, hence the shirt.”

Maybe too soon for many who took to Twitter to relay their displeasure:

“I know a lot of people have problems with the police, but I have a problem with police strippers.” -Rebel Wilson police brutality=/=joke.

— Affinity Magazine (@Affinitylife) August 31, 2015

Rebel Wilson making light of police brutality before announcing the nominees for best Hip Hop video is so white it hurts #VMAs

— Glen Coco (@MrPooni) August 31, 2015

 

.@RebelWilson/@MTV, police violence isn’t a joke, as the deaths of #TamirRice, #RekiaBoyd, #FreddieGray, #MikeBrown, & #MyaHall remind us.

— deray mckesson (@deray) August 31, 2015

When’s the last time you heard a Holocaust, Sandy Hook, or Columbine joke at an awards show? Exactly. https://t.co/mBnjbra3QP — deray mckesson (@deray) August 31, 2015

But comics including Kurt Metzger quickly defended Wilson:

Deray Mckesson is a fine protestor but doesn’t know shit about jokes and maybe should stay out of it. — Kurt Metzger (@kurtmetzger) August 31, 2015

And yes Deray, holocaust and columbine jokes are also fine. — Kurt Metzger (@kurtmetzger) August 31, 2015

And from Metzger’s Facebook page:

“Yes Deray, police brutality ISNT funny. That’s why you make a joke. Why does no one get how jokes work??? You dont make jokes out of things   that are already funny. You make them out of pain.”

Watch Rebel Wilson’s VMA bit here courtesy of UpRoxx and you decide – Funny or Offensive? VOTE and COMMENT now….