Rebel Wilson Made Light Of Police Brutality At The MTV VMAs, And Twitter Wasn’t Happy

Rebel Wilson is never afraid to go for it when it comes to being daring in comedy, but at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, the Pitch Perfect star performed a bit that was a bit tone deaf, according to some. While presenting the award for the Best Hip Hop Video, Rebel dressed as a police officer only to rip off her uniform to reveal a shirt that read “F*ck The Stripper Police.,” and started to perform a monologue that joke about police brutality by referring to exotic dancers who dress as cops as the “real” problem:

“A lot of people have problem with the police, but I really hate police strippers. You guys know what I’m talking about. They come to your house, you think you’re getting arrested, and you just get a lap dance that is usually uninspired! I hired police stripper for my grandma’s 80th, and he wouldn’t even feel her up…. I hate this injustice, hence the shirt.”

As you could possibly expect, the joking about police brutality and making light of a touchy subject, did not go over well on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/dpd_/status/638162050967953408

Was this too far? Or just par for the course today? Let us know.

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