Trevor Noah has described the murder of Charlie Kirk as a “funny thing that happened”. The comedian made the comments as part of a stand-up performance where he also reflected on performing at the Saudi Arabia Comedy Festival and the apparent hypocrisy of Americans criticising the lack of free speech in the country when there are increasingly common examples of curbs on free speech in the United States.
Mocking those who had called for the murder not to be joked about, Noah said, “You can't say there is nothing funny about it… As a comedian I am sure there is something funny about it. The guy was shot whilst defending guns. I am not even writing that as a joke; as a human you have to admit that is an incongruous funny thing that happened.”
