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Tom Brady’s roast burns Kim Kardashian, Ben Affleck in aftermath of brutal Netflix special
Nobody was safe on Sunday during Netflix’s “GROAT: The Greatest Roast Of All Time: Tom Brady.”
Insults were hurled, and it seemed like everyone walked away with a couple of burns.
While the former NFL quarterback was at the center of the roast, celebrities including Kim Kardashian and Ben Affleck are still feeling the heat.
Kardashian was razzed by host Kevin Hart early in the show, but things really took a turn when she took the podium to roast Brady herself.
During the live stream, Kardashian was met with a mix of cheers and boos as she walked up to the stage. When she started to speak, the boos became deafening, catching Kardashian off-guard.
“Alright, alright,” she said to the crowd, before Hart had to interject and calm the audience down. The awkward moment went viral online, only to be removed by Netflix in post-production. What is available to watch on the streaming service now does not include the cringeworthy moment.
The vice president of stand-up and comedy at Netflix, Robbie Praw, explained the service’s decision to edit out the boos to The Hollywood Reporter on Thursday.
“Post edits are standard practice for comedy specials and happen in live broadcasts, whether that’s subtitles, adding things or removing things that we can’t do when it’s streaming live,” he explained. “It’s part of, quite frankly, the fun of watching it live to not miss those things. But I will just say this, in addition to that, that no talent were consulted as part of that.”
Praw doubled down and insisted that Kardashian had not asked for the show to be edited.