Comedian Tim Dillon on Friday cast the “ghost” of slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Netflix's “Toning 2024: Roast of the Year,” less than a month after the executive was shot and killed in Manhattan. He appeared as a.
Dillon, 39, wore a navy blue pullover, a bloodstained light blue collar shirt, tan khakis, and a chain wrapped around him in a widely shared outfit when he took to the dimly lit circular stage at Los Angeles' Bellweather. He was wearing clothes similar to the photo.
The New York native wore brutal gray makeup on his face and was greeted with a mix of nervous laughter and cheers.
Undaunted, Mr. Dillon immediately leaned into Hami and introduced himself to the audience as a dead executive in front of a large sign that read “United Healthcare CEO.”
“This is going to hell. You should laugh,” Dillon said.
He quickly addressed the elephant in the room, saying that, like Thompson, he was in hell reading “tweets” that said many people were “glad” for his death.
“Your reaction to my murder makes me sick…It's not the type of illness that you're quick to deny just because you don't have the proper documentation.'' The comedian has refused UnitedHealthcare insurance coverage. He said this while criticizing his achievements.
According to Personal Finance, an analysis of federal data from 2023 found that UnitedHealthcare led the way in in-network claim denials on the Affordable Care Act exchanges, denying nearly a third of claims. It is shown that there is. Website Value penguin. ”
Dillon's continued portrayal of Thompson's jokes about health care companies drew outright groans of shock, mixed with laughter at some of his vulgar jokes.
“The truth is, if people like me don't bully people like you and help people like me, this country will fall apart, and it's your fault,” the cartoon says. I did.
It also targeted suspected assassin Luigi Mangione, who pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in a Manhattan courtroom on Monday.
“Look at us dancing in the street, because that tortellini mozzarella guy shot me in the back by freaking me out like I had an unexpected medical bill,” Dillon said jokingly. “Apparently he had back problems himself. Sorry Luigi, but no one feels bad for a skinny guy with back problems. Claim denied!”
As the game drew to a close, Dillon, like Thompson, had a final message for the crowd. “Deny Defend Depose!'' A play on the phrase “Deny Defend Depose'' that Mangione allegedly scrawled on a bullet casing.
“Torching 2024: A Roast of the Year” was hosted by comedian Jeff Ross and featured actor John Stamos and fellow comics Mark Normand and Sam Morrill.
Dillon teased his set days before it premiered on Netflix, telling fans, “I promise this is as bland as it looks.”
Mangione, 26, is accused of killing Thompson in broad daylight outside a midtown Manhattan hotel on December 4, and was arrested on December 9 at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania.
While awaiting extradition to New York, the United Healthcare CEO's murder suspect received more than 140 messages during his brief stint in a Pennsylvania prison, including a slobbering groupie and a It also included messages from enthusiastic fans.
Mangione, an Ivy League graduate from a wealthy Baltimore family, had been planning the killing for months over complaints with the “parasitic” health insurance industry, authorities said.
