Comedy

John Cleese Defends ‘Very Bad Joke’ About Trump and Hitler

‘NOT FUNNY’

The comedian initially apologized—and then doubled down—after drawing inevitable backlash for listing five ways that “Hitler was preferable to Trump.”

Matt Wilstein
Matt Wilstein 

Senior Editor

John Cleese speaks onstage at 'Comedy with the Cleeses' during the 2022 SXSW Conference
Amanda Stronza
Matt Wilstein

Matt Wilstein

Senior Editor

mattwilstein

matt.wilstein@thedailybeast.com

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