Comedian Hannah Brenner has sparked an angry online reaction for a crude joke comparing Travis Kelce's relationship with Taylor Swift to the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Luigi Mangione is behind bars in Brooklyn after being charged with Thompson's murder, but the 26-year-old has gathered an unlikely online fan base due to his appearance.
Brenner, who appeared in the Netflix special 'Torching 2024: A Roast of the Year,' joked that she is one of Mangione's fans, saying, “Luigi is really hot right now.”
—Who would have imagined, other than Travis Kelce, that you could become so popular with women by shooting loads at a billionaire?
The live audience in the clip can be heard groaning and laughing, and there were many fans online who didn't appreciate the joke.
“Not that I'm too woke, but that was wildly inappropriate,” one fan wrote while sharing the clip.
Travis Kelce Was Compared To Luigi Mangione For Dating Taylor Swift By Comedian
Mangione is in jail, accused of murdering United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson
“I really liked it but this is just disappointing and not fun at all,” said another.
A different response to the joke read: “I also feel that in order to make an inappropriate joke, it has to be really funny.”
Another response read: “People love reducing Taylor to the men in her life, but doing so with her as a sex object is so gross.”
Kelce and Swift began their relationship in September 2023, when she watched him play for the Kansas City Chiefs against the Chicago Bears at Arrowhead Stadium with her mother, Donna.
Most recently, they were photographed together in New York after Kelce played for the Chiefs on Christmas Day against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Swift will likely spend much of January in Kansas City as Kelce and the Chiefs intensify their bid for the Super Bowl title in the NFL playoffs. Their first game will be the weekend of January 18 and 19.
Meanwhile, Mangione pleaded not guilty to murder and terrorism charges in December in a New York City court.
He was arrested in early December in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after Thompson was shot and killed while walking to a Manhattan hotel for an investor conference.