Celebs

Chris Rock Shades Kyrie Irving While Calling Out Anti-Vaxxers At Comedy Show

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Comedy legend Chris Rock had a few words for those who are holding out on getting vaccinated and the Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving caught some shade in the process&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">While on stage Wednesday in Brooklyn with a few other comedians performing at an NFT Week event&comma; Chris Rock took some time out of his set to call out anti-vaxxers&comma; according to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2021&sol;11&sol;04&sol;chris-rock-kyrie-irving-diss-slam-anti-vaxxers-brooklyn&sol;">TMZ&period;<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&&num;8220&semi;Where&&num;8217&semi;s my anti-vaxxers at&quest;&&num;8221&semi; Chris called out to the crowd after making a mask joke&period; After a few people in the audience cheered in response to his call out&comma; Chris Rock referred to them as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;You dumb&comma; Kyrie motherf&ast;&ast;&ast;ers&excl;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">What makes things a bit more interesting is that New York City now requires vaccinations to attend indoor shows&comma; so despite the cheers&comma; people in there were required to be vaccinated against the coronavirus&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Chris isn’t the only person to take a shot at Kyrie Irving over his decision to not get vaccinated&&num;8211&semi;which has consequently prevented him from playing or practicing with his team due to the city’s strict vaccine mandate for indoor arenas&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Radio host <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;howard-stern-calls-kyrie-irving-top-idiot-in-the-country-right-now-over-anti-vaccine-stance&sol;">Howard Stern recently referred to Kyrie as the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;top idiot in the country right now<&sol;a>” over his stance&comma; which has cost Kyrie hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost wages per missed game&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In terms of idiots&comma; he’s got to be the top idiot in the country right now&comma;” Howard Stern said of Kyrie&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Guy’s got a chance as a young man to make millions of dollars&comma; all he’s got to do is get vaccinated but he doesn’t want to get vaccinated&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Kyrie does have his supporters&comma; though&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;protestors-storm-the-barclays-center-in-support-of-kyrie-irving-following-his-ongoing-vaccination-drama&sol;">Protesters stormed the Barclays Center<&sol;a> where the Nets play in support of Kyrie late last month&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Video captured the protesters chanting &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Let Kyrie play&period;” No arrests were made in the incident&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CVbtHtDspOU&sol;&quest;utm&lowbar;source&equals;ig&lowbar;embed&&num;038&semi;utm&lowbar;campaign&equals;loading" data-instgrm-version&equals;"14" style&equals;" background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; max-width&colon;658px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><div>&NewLine; <iframe class&equals;"custom-ig-embed" data-src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;instagram&period;com&sol;p&sol;CVbtHtDspOU&sol;embed&sol;captioned" allowtransparency&equals;"true" allowfullscreen&equals;"true" frameborder&equals;"0" height&equals;"640px" scrolling&equals;"no" style&equals;"background&colon;&num;FFF&semi; border&colon;0&semi; border-radius&colon;3px&semi; box-shadow&colon;0 0 1px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;5&rpar;&comma;0 1px 10px 0 rgba&lpar;0&comma;0&comma;0&comma;0&period;15&rpar;&semi; margin&colon; 1px&semi; max-width&colon;540px&semi; min-width&colon;326px&semi; padding&colon;0&semi; width&colon;99&period;375&percnt;&semi; width&colon;-webkit-calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi; width&colon;calc&lpar;100&percnt; - 2px&rpar;&semi;"><&sol;iframe>&NewLine; <&sol;div><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Want tea directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or<span class&equals;"Apple-converted-space">  <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"80535" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;chris-rock-shades-kyrie-irving-while-calling-out-anti-vaxxers-at-comedy-show&sol;" data-secure&equals;"270d31e518"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; &num;000000&semi;font-size&colon; 25px&semi;font-weight&colon; 600&semi;">What Do You Think Roomies&quest;<&sol;div> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions wpra-static-emojis size-medium" style&equals;"border-color&colon; &num;ffffff&semi;border-width&colon; 0px&semi;border-radius&colon; 50px&semi;border-style&colon; solid&semi;background&colon; &num;ffffff&semi;">&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"emoji-8 wpra-reaction wpra-pad-fix" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"8"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-10 wpra-reaction wpra-pad-fix" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"10"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-4 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"4"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-5 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"5"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-2 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"2"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-7 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"7"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"emoji-12 wpra-reaction" data-count&equals;"" data-emoji&lowbar;id&equals;"12"> <div class&equals;"wpra-plus-one">&plus;1<&sol;div>&Tab; <div style&equals;"background-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"wpra-arrow-badge arrow-bottom-left hide-count"> <span style&equals;"border-top-color&colon; &num;ff0015" class&equals;"tail"><&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;ffffff" class&equals;"count-num">0<&sol;span> <&sol;div>&Tab;<&sol;div> <&sol;div> <div class&equals;"wpra-share-wrap wpra-share-buttons-bordered" style&equals;"">&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab; <&sol;div> <&excl;-- end of share buttons -->&Tab;&Tab;&Tab; <&sol;div> <&excl;-- end of reactions container --> <&sol;div> <&excl;-- end of reactions wrap -->&Tab;&Tab;

Christina Calloway

x