Comedian Whitney Cummings is claiming that one of her jokes about President Donald Trump was cut from Netflix's Mark Twain Prize special honoring Bill Maher.Cummings, who was among those who paid tribute to the "Real Time" host at the Kennedy Center ceremony last month, made headlines with an edgy jab about the president, telling the audience, "I actually heard Trump may come tonight, but he couldn’t make it.He got caught in sex traffic."Cummings said her routine was meddled with."Not only did I have to cut a joke in rehearsal, then the joke I did — I ended on 'Donald Trump couldn't make it tonight, he got caught in sex traffic' — it stayed in, and then they said, 'We would like to cut it out,'" Cummings said on Saturday's installment of her "Good for You" podcast.BILL MAHER SAYS IT’S 'SO STUPID' FOR ANTI-TRUMP ARTISTS TO BAIL ON KENNEDY CENTER PERFORMANCESWhitney Cummings arrives for the 27th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor Gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, on June 28, 2026.
(Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)She clarified that the Kennedy Center staff as being "amazing" and said they "did their job," noting that Trump was their boss since he was made chair of the Kennedy Center board."I was presented with a tricky conundrum.I just don't know if I did the right thing or not," Cummings said.
"It was very clear to me that they would lose their jobs.""The joke was already leaked by someone that was in the audience...but then they said we need to cut it from the broadcast.
And I'm like, 'Well it's already out there.Who cares?' And they're like, 'He will sue you.' Which is like, I don't buy it.
I don't buy it, No.1.
No.2, he might," Cummings chuckled before referencing Trump's infamous 2013 lawsuit against Maher after he joked Trump was the son of an "orangutan."FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS TRUMP'S NAME REMOVED FROM KENNEDY CENTER, SAYS ONLY CONGRESS CAN RENAME ITShe said she felt the need to fight for the joke because it was the Mark Twain Priz...