Aubrey Plaza is the latest star to call out comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's controversial joke about Puerto Rico during a Trump rally over the weekend. Hinchcliffe, made the remark during the Sunday night event in New York, saying, "I don't know if you guys know this, but there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it's called Puerto Rico." Speaking at the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards on Tuesday night, the 'Agatha All Along' actress, who has Puerto Rican heritage, said she wanted to "very quickly respond to the racist joke that was made at that Trump rally about Puerto Rico, where most of my family is from."
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00:00Aubrey Plaza is the latest star to call out comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's controversial
00:04joke about Puerto Rico during a Trump rally over the weekend.
00:08Hinchcliffe made the remark during the Sunday night event in New York, saying,
00:12"'I don't know if you guys know this, but there's literally a floating island of garbage
00:16in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it's called Puerto Rico.'"
00:19He continued by making lewd and racist comments about Latinos, Jews, and black people.
00:25Speaking at the Wall Street Journal Magazine Innovator Awards on Tuesday night,
00:29the Agatha All Along actress, who has Puerto Rican heritage,
00:32said she wanted to, quote,
00:33"'very quickly respond to the racist joke that was made at that Trump rally about Puerto Rico,
00:38where most of my family is from.'"
00:40Thankfully, my abuelita wasn't here to hear that disgusting remark.
00:44But if she was alive today, I think she would say,
00:46"'Tony Hinchcliffe, go f**k yourself.'"
00:48And yes, the Wall Street Journal can quote me on that.
00:50Hinchcliffe's remark was immediately criticized by Kamala Harris' campaign,
00:55as well as Puerto Rican stars like Jennifer Lopez, Bad Bunny, and Ricky Martin,
00:59who all posted clips from Harris' campaign addressing Puerto Rican voters
01:03and sharing her plans for helping the territory.
01:06Plaza previously spoke about infusing her heritage into her characters,
01:10telling Time for its 2024 Latino Leaders Package,
01:14"'I have a different kind of experience than a lot of other Latinx actors,
01:17because a lot of people don't even know that I'm half Puerto Rican.
01:20It's something that I always like to remind people of and bring to the table.'"
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