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Comedian Whitney Cummings is claiming that 1 of her jokes astir President Donald Trump was trim from Netflix's Mark Twain Prize typical honoring Bill Maher.
Cummings, who was among those who paid tribute to nan "Real Time" big astatine nan Kennedy Center ceremony past month, made headlines pinch an edgy jab astir nan president, telling nan audience, "I really heard Trump whitethorn travel tonight, but he couldn’t make it. He sewage caught successful activity traffic."
Cummings said her regular was meddled with.
"Not only did I person to trim a joke successful rehearsal, past nan joke I did — I ended connected 'Donald Trump couldn't make it tonight, he sewage caught successful activity traffic' — it stayed in, and past they said, 'We would for illustration to trim it out,'" Cummings said connected Saturday's installment of her "Good for You" podcast.
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Whitney Cummings arrives for nan 27th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Gala astatine nan Kennedy Center successful Washington, DC, connected June 28, 2026. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)
She clarified that nan Kennedy Center unit arsenic being "amazing" and said they "did their job," noting that Trump was their leader since he was made chair of nan Kennedy Center board.
"I was presented pinch a tricky conundrum. I conscionable don't cognize if I did nan correct point aliases not," Cummings said. "It was very clear to maine that they would suffer their jobs."
"The joke was already leaked by personification that was successful nan audience... but past they said we request to trim it from nan broadcast. And I'm like, 'Well it's already retired there. Who cares?' And they're like, 'He will writer you.' Which is like, I don't bargain it. I don't bargain it, No. 1. No. 2, he might," Cummings chuckled earlier referencing Trump's infamous 2013 suit against Maher aft he joked Trump was nan boy of an "orangutan."
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She said she felt nan request to conflict for nan joke because it was nan Mark Twain Prize.
"This is nan only clip that you shouldn't get censored, because it is astir comedians utilizing joke to knock our elected officials," she said. "So I was successful this jam wherever I was like... I request to conflict for this joke because it's nan Mark Twain Prize. And this is nan clip I consciousness for illustration I person to, but besides I don't want anyone losing their job."
Construction workers build scaffolding adjacent nan Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for nan Performing Arts motion successful Washington, D.C., connected June 12, 2026. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Cummings went connected to motion disconnected nan imaginable threat of a Trump suit against her, confidently saying, "I would win."
Netflix pointed nan digit astatine nan Trump-controlled Kennedy Center, telling Fox News Digital, "While it’s our penchant not to trim jokes from anyone’s set, The Kennedy Center has nan contractual correct to do so."
"Edits to a show are ever made successful a collaborative measurement to nutrient nan champion merchandise for broadcast," a spokesperson for The Kennedy Center told Fox News Digital astir its business pinch Netflix.
In a erstwhile podcast, Cummings revealed she was forced to trim different Trump joke from her set, this 1 pertaining to his "petty" move to adhd his sanction to nan Kennedy Center and that Trump allegedly "always hated" John F. Kennedy, resulting successful a vulgar punchline involving Kennedy's matter pinch character Marilyn Monroe.
"I was practicing my jokes and group were like, 'Yeah, we'll get fired if you opportunity that.' I'm like, that is nan worst point you could perceive arsenic a comic," Cummings recalled. "I did trim a joke, and I consciousness nan request to conscionable opportunity it."
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President Donald Trump addresses nan federation from nan East Room of nan White House connected July 16, 2026, successful Washington, D.C. (Saul Loeb/Pool - Getty Images)
A Kennedy Center root acquainted pinch nan accumulation told Fox News Digital that Cummings' comments person "no validity" and that nan halfway "would ne'er occurrence anyone for a joke."
They besides insist location wasn't foul play erstwhile it comes to nan Trump joke being cut, saying it's "normal course" for nan show to beryllium trim down owed to clip constraints and that it's "standard practice," pointing to jokes trim past twelvemonth from its typical honoring Conan O'Brien.
The White House did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's requests for comment.
The Mark Twain Prize typical honoring Maher began streaming connected Netflix connected Tuesday. The "sex traffic" jab did not look during Cummings' routine.
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Brian Flood is simply a media editor/reporter for FOX News Digital. Story tips tin beryllium sent to [email protected] and connected Twitter: @briansflood.
