Ben Stiller ‘Wishes He Was Black’ While Praising Harris At Fundraiser

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“Zoolander” star Ben Stiller said he wished he was black during a “Comics for Kamala” fundraising call on Monday night.

Prior to making the commentary, Stiller, 58, proved to be a simp for Vice President Kamala Harris when he praised her often mocked laugh.

“It’s beautiful when she laughs because she’s a real person,” he remarked. “She’s also a historic candidate.”

“It’s going to be the first woman president and that’s incredibly exciting,” he praised. “She’s Indian, she’s black, she’s everything. You can be more than one thing, it’s incredible.”

“You know, I’m Jewish and Irish. I wish I was black. Every white Jewish guy wishes he was black,” he questionably quipped.

Stiller revealed he was personally donating $150,000 to Harris’ campaign, and encouraged others on the call to “get out there and vote and donate and take advantage.”

Kathy Griffin, who faced backlash for posting a controversial photo of herself holding a paper mache version of former President Trump’s decapitated head, was also present on the call.

“I also donated $20,000 of my own money and then said that @benstiller was going to match my $20,000,” she posted after the virtual event.

“I don’t even know if he heard that part because his face wasn’t on camera. Don’t be mad at me, Ben.”

During fellow Trump hater Rosie O’Donnell’s turn to speak, the liberal comedian said that she had bought 100 “Kamala T-shirts,” and committed to wearing them until Harris is elected president.

“The day that President Biden stepped down, the most glorious act of generosity and patriotism, I went out and bought a hundred Kamala t-shirts,” O’Donnell told the audience.

“I will not take them off until she’s in that White House. And, I believe in her, I believe in the spirit that she brings back to all of us.”

She continued, “We need somebody in the White House who’s going to fight for equality for all people, and that is certainly not the orange clown man,” O’Donnell added in a shot at Trump.

“It is definitely Kamala Harris, and I’ve never met her, and I only met Donald Trump twice.”

O’Donnell recalled meeting Trump at his second wedding to Marla Maples in 1993.

“I went there as the date of Marla Maples’ former Broadway partner, and I was his plus one,” she said.

“And, as Donald walked down the aisle to his wedding … he shook the hands of every celebrity in Trump Plaza. It was the funniest thing I’d ever seen in my life.”

O’Donnell noted that the pair had a “little bit of a tussle back in 2007” that has lasted for about 17 years.

Nick Offerman, known for his role in “Parks and Recreation,” performed a song about Trump’s VP pick Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) during the event.

“So I’m proud to be a Kamala man, who has quit the GOP, because I can’t just abide by a man who’s tried for 34 felonies,” he sang to the tune of “God Bless America.”

“And I’ll proudly stand up and face the facts that the men that I once cheered are a bunch of wingnut white nationalists… Well, those guys are f****** weird.”

Offerman then mocked Vance for an uncorroborated rumor that claimed he had intimate activities with a couch.

“I don’t mind sex with porn stars. I’d do it too if I had the guts. But when it comes to f****** the furniture, that’s just f****** nuts,” he jeered.

The line references an online rumor that emerged when Donald Trump announced Vance as his running mate.

X user @rickrudescalves claimed they “can’t say for sure but [Vance] might be the first vp pick to have admitted in a ny times bestseller to f****** an inside-out latex glove shoved between two couch cushions (vance, hillbilly elegy, pp. 179-181).”

However, the pages the post references describe Vance’s time at Ohio State University, according to Vox.

Congressman Eric Swalwell (D-CA), who was also present on the call, noted that he reached out to celebrity pals in comedy to help organize the event.

“President Biden so graciously stepping aside and passing the torch has just energized so many people,” Swalwell said, pointing out that Harris “likes to have fun, and part of who she is is her great laugh.”

The event was similar to the “White Dudes for Harris” call held the previous week, which fellow left-wing celebrities Jeff Bridges, Mark Ruffalo, Lance Bass, Sean Astin, Joseph Gordon Levitt, and Mark Hamill, raising over $4 million.

Other liberal celebrity comedians who attended the event were Patton Oswalt, Jason Bateman, D.L. Hughley, Cecily Strong, Jon Hamm, Kathryn Hahn, Ed Helms, John Stamos, and Tom Arnold, amongst others, according to Deadline.

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