Reginald D Hunter's show at the Fringe Festival is at the centre of a "hate incident" investigation. Should he be cancelled? Euronews Culture's Jonny Walfisz saw his show and he's not sure. American comedian Reginald D Hunter has been cancelled from an upcoming September show at the Eastwood Theatre in the Giffnock suburb of Glasgow following an during his run at the Edinburgh Fringe.
During his ‘Fluffy Fluffy Beavers’ show on Sunday 11 August at the Assembly George Square Studios, Hunter spoke about a documentary of a man enduring an abusive relationship only for his wife to falsely claim she was the one being abused. “When I saw that, I thought, my God, it’s like being married to Israel.” Reportedly, after this an Israeli couple complained that the joke wasn’t funny, resulting in an interaction between the crowd, Hunter and the couple that resulted in them leaving the show.
The Telegraph reviewer Craig Simpson who was there that night then explained that he was aware a comedian overheard Hunter once say about a Jewish Chronicle review being behind a paywall: ““Typical f****** Jews, they won’t tell you anything unless you subscribe.” Simpson gave Hunter a one star review (on the Telegraph’s paywalled site). Hunter has since apologised for the “unfortunate incident” and said that he is “staunchly anti-war and anti-bully.
” Now, the Police have begun an investigation into a report of a “hate incident” at Hunter’s show. A Police Scotland spoke.