The comedian referred to the assassination of the Turning Point USA leader, who was killed last year.

Pete Davidson delivers shocking Charlie Kirk joke at Kevin Hart roast

The comedian referred to the assassination of the Turning Point USA leader, who was killed last year.

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May 11, 2026 1:13 p.m. ET

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- Pete Davidson lambasted the late Charlie Kirk and comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at *The Roast of Kevin Hart*.

- “Tony reminds me of Charlie Kirk, in that he’s definitely been on camera letting a guy unload in his throat," Davidson cracked.

- He also blasted Kanye West, with whom the comedian had feuded while he was dating the rapper's ex-wife, Kim Kardashian.

Pete Davidson held nothing back when he stepped up to the podium at *The Roast of Kevin Hart* on Sunday.

Davidson lambasted Tony Hinchcliffe, Charlie Kirk, and Kanye West during the comedy special, which streamed live from the Kia Forum in Inglewood, Calif., as part of the Netflix Is a Joke Festival.

“Tony reminds me of Charlie Kirk, in that he’s definitely been on camera letting a guy unload in his throat," Davidson began, referring to the video of Kirk's assassination, which got groans from the audience.

Kirk, the founder of the ultra-conservative nonprofit Turning Point USA, was fatally shot while on stage at an event at Utah Valley University in 2025. Meanwhile, the divisive comedian Hinchcliffe, who hosts the podcast *Kill Tony*, once referred to Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage" while at a Trump campaign rally in 2024.

"Oh, you don’t know me? Yeah, ‘Kill Tony’!" Davidson said. "Please someone f---ing kill Tony.’"

* *contacted Turning Point USA and did not receive an immediate response.**

Pete Davidson at 'The Roast of Kevin Hart'.

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"Tony, nothing you say tonight will hurt my feelings. I was in a beef with Kanye, so I’ve taken shots from better gay Nazis," Davidson continued, referring to his feud with West when he was dating the rapper's ex-wife, Kim Kardashian. West has a history of making antisemitic comments and statements promoting Nazism.

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The pair's feud took a surreal turn when West included a claymation rendering of Davidson, buried up to his neck in the ground with roses growing out of his head, in his 2022 video for "Eazy," a collaboration with the Game. Kirk is also connected to West, having appeared in the rapper's 2025 documentary *In Whose Name?*.

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West has since apologized for his antisemitic statements, having taken out a full-page ad in *The Wall Street Journal* to do so in January.

Kevin Hart at 'The Roast of Kevin Hart'.

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Davidson concluded his bit by praising Hart.

"I love you very much. You've always been super nice to me," he said. "You're a very hardworking person, and when it's all said and done, in the comedy world, it's most important to be remembered."

Other celebrities who attended Hart's roast include Dwayne Johnson, Tom Brady, Chelsea Handler, Shane Gillis, Jeff Ross, and Sheryl Underwood.

*The Roast of Kevin Hart *is* *available to stream on Netflix.

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