Rob Lowe Gets Roasted, Ann Coulter Gets it Just as Bad, Watch Clips
Comedy Central’s Roast of Rob Lowe was filmed this past weekend, and all reports seem to indicate that it was a pretty interesting night. Lowe’s roasters for the evening were Roastmaster David Spade, Jeff Ross, Rob Riggle, Pete Davidson, Nikki Glaser, Jimmy Carr, Ralph Macchio, Jewel, Peyton Manning and Ann Coulter. The dais, as per usual, was a strange mix of comics and seemingly-misplaced celebrities, and the jokes seem to have ranged from mild to wild.
Peyton Manning, for example, made the most football-guy joke ever when he joked that Lowe had “tried to take the air out of my retirement announcement so fast, you could probably get a job as Tom Brady’s ball-boy.”
With Coulter in attendance, political humor was an inevitability; Jewel quipped at the political commentator and fervent Donald Trump supporter a couple times. “Ann you do look great, though. You’re almost as thin as Donald Trump’s chance of winning this election,” she joked as Coulter feigned a smile.
Many outlets are pointing out that Coulter herself, somewhat unsurprisingly, was the target of much of the dais’ jokes. Despite Lowe being the honoree of the evening, many of the guests couldn’t help but jump at the chance to jab at such a polarizing figure.
“Ann, you’re awful. The only person who you will ever make happy is the Mexican who digs your grave,” joked comedian Nikki Glaser.
“If you are here Ann, who is scaring the crows away from our crops?” asked SNL’s Pete Davidson, whose ire for Coulter did not go unnoticed that night.
Even Manning, whose rather safe set didn’t feature even a single curse word, got in on the action: “I just realized that I’m not the only athlete up here tonight,” he began.” As you all know, earlier this year Ann Coulter won the Kentucky Derby.”
Being no stranger to vehement criticism, Coulter apparently took the ribbing in stride, though her own stint at the mic didn’t go so well. She very blatantly tried to plug her new book, which didn’t earn her many points (though it did earn quite a few boos) from the audience. The teleprompter cut out while Coulter was on stage, leaving her to flounder and fend for herself while the issue was fixed, making her set even more uncomfortable. While she did get a couple laughs, her set seemed to leave the crowd underwhelmed by the time it ended.
Overall, it seems that the roast followed the formula that most roasts do: The comics in the room landed some serious burns, the non-comedian guests got a couple well-written laughs, and the room as a whole occasionally banded together against a dais-member who was easier to rip into than the actual star of the evening.
We’ll have to wait until Labor Day (Monday, September 5th) to see the final product, but if you love Rob Lowe or hate Ann Coulter, or just want to know why Jeff Ross is dressed as Prince, this one is worth tuning in to!
Read more comedy news.
Bill Tressler
Latest posts by Bill Tressler (see all)
- JFL NorthWest Announces New Film Festival Initiative - December 8, 2017
- Aaron Berg Shares Letter from Producer Afraid to Touch “Sexual Content“ in Wake of C.K. Allegations - December 6, 2017
- Kevin Hart Set to Host SNL in December - November 28, 2017
