Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s recent Netflix deal is being protested by fans of the streaming platform, with a recent online petition gaining tens of thousands of signatures and asking Netflix to end its relationship with him.
Over on MoveOn, an online public advocacy site that allows users to create petitions, a petition titled “No Netflix Deal for Tony Hinchcliffe” has gained massive traction.
The petition currently has over 43,000 digital signatures, and is asking for Netflix to pull its deal with Hinchcliffe, which was announced in March and will see Hinchcliffe produce three comedy specials under his “Kill Tony” brand.
The reason for the petition stems back from Hinchcliffe’s appearance at a Donald Trump rally in October 2024. At the rally, Hinchcliffe — who is known for having an “anything goes” approach to his comedy — made various jokes about stereotypes for a variety of people, including Jews, Latinos, and African Americans.
Hinchcliffe also referred to Puerto as a “floating island of garbage,” which drew massive backlash immediately following the rally.
Celebrities like Bad Bunny, Jennifer Lopez, and Lin-Manuel Miranda all made statements against Hinchcliffe and his comments.
“Tony Hinchcliffe, the comedian who got on stage at a Trump rally and mocked Puerto Rican, Latinx, Black, Jewish, and Palestinian communities, just secured a lucrative Netflix deal for multiple new comedy specials,” reads the online petition against Hinchcliffe. “Hinchcliffe’s comments about Puerto Rico were so alienating that even the Trump campaign released a statement that his jokes didn’t reflect the views of the campaign.
“We’re not going to repeat the awful remarks he made—and Netflix should definitely not be giving him an additional platform to spew more vitriol to its 300 million subscribers.”
