Comedian Tim Dillon played the ghost of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a morbid comedy set featured on Netflix's “Torching 2024: Roast of the Year,” which aired Friday.
The famous comedian appeared on stage wearing clothes similar to those worn when Mr. Thompson was shot and killed in Manhattan in early December. Dillon appeared on stage as a gray, ghostly figure in the image of the murdered CEO, poking fun at the tragedy and dividing fan opinion. The comedian took his jokes to a new level. words The words “deny,” “defend,” and “resign” were written on the bullets, which United Healthcare allegedly twisted to mean “deny, defend, and dismantle.”
The three words that the source said are a bullet point remind us of the events of 2010. book “Delays, Denials, and Defenses: Why Insurance Companies Don’t Pay Claims and What You Can Do About It.”
PASADENA, CA – AUGUST 5: Comedian Tim Dillon performs at the Icehouse Comedy Club on August 5, 2023 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Michael S. Schwartz/Getty Images)
Dillon managed to elicit cheers from a few spectators, but there were also plenty of groans from the crowd. The jokes seemed too quick for many who watched the show, and the comedians appeared to be nervous.
He responded to this awkward moment by addressing his actions head on. He briefly breaks character and speaks candidly to the audience, telling them, “You're going to go to hell with this. You can laugh about it.”
Mr Dillon, who played Thompson, said he was fed up with people celebrating his death online and quipped that the company was “not the kind of disease that they would be quick to deny”.
NEW YORK, NY – DECEMBER 19: Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, appears on a helipad with NYPD members on December 19, 2024 in New York City. arrived at. The 26-year-old man was found at a McDonald's in Altoona on Dec. 9 during a nationwide manhunt and arrested in Pennsylvania. Mr. Mangione waived extradition to New York after appearing in court in Pennsylvania today on forgery and firearms charges and facing 11 charges, including first-degree murder and promoting terrorism. (Photo by Spencer Pratt/Getty Images)
“If it weren't for people like me, if we ignored people like you and didn't help people like me, this country would fall apart. That's your responsibility,” Dillon said. .
He concluded by saying that he would see Hawk-to-a-girl Hayley Welch in hell. (Related: People trying to profit from new celebratory products distorted by United Healthcare CEO murder)
Luigi Mangione was arrested on suspicion of killing Thompson and faces murder charges on both the state and federal level.
