Hosts on the Charlie Kirk Show podcast have reacted to a joke comedian Pete Davidson made about the assassination of the conservative firebrand during Netflix’s roast of Kevin Hart on Sunday, May 10th. Davidson cracked that comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, no stranger to controversy himself, “reminds me of Charlie Kirk, in that he definitely has been on camera letting a guy unload in his throat.” In 2025, a gunman shot Kirk in the neck during an appearance at Utah Valley University. Kirk founded the right-wing free speech organization Turning Point USA. Charlie Kirk Show Hosts Andrew Kolvet, Daisy Phelps, and Blake Neff deemed Davidson’s joke “distasteful.” “This is about somebody who was murdered in really the most grotesque, public way imaginable, and he happens to be our close friend,” Kolvet said, adding he didn’t want to tell comedians that they can’t make jokes and that comedy can be powerful.…