Rob Lowe was not the only celebrity getting heavily fired at September 5th at the Comedy Central Roast. Of course, the night was centered on Lowe and surrounded by other's who had the opportunity to roast him, but after a few minutes into the evening, it became pretty clear that the "Roast of Rob Lowe" should have really been called the "Roast of Ann Coulter, Featuring Rob Lowe". The stage of celebrities, the audience watching, and the media reporting were all focused on ensuring that the evening was surrounded with non-stop jokes and laughter. Due to a declining conservative role in media and the ever inclining liberal hand, Mrs. Coulter's occupation of being a conservative commentator, writer, and columnist led to the roasters to seemingly and collectively aim a solid portion of the jokes at her instead. Each roaster has something new to say about Ann, whether it was attacking her looks, character, or political ideology. Some of the strongest attacks came from Jewel, Pete Davidson, and even Peyton Manning that night, as everyone had their sights set not only on Lowe, but the seemingly hated conservative as well.
Hopefully, you will enjoy a few a few of my personal favorites as much as I did:
Pete Davidson:
”Ann Coulter, if you're here, who's scaring crows away from our crops!?”
Jewel:
“I do want to say, as a feminist, that I can't support everything that's been said tonight. But as someone who hates Ann Coulter, I'm delighted.”
Peyton Manning:
“I'm not the only athlete up here. As you know, earlier this year, Ann Coulter won the Kentucky Derby.”
And it even went as far as Jimmy Carr offering the option to Ann to kill herself, showing that the "jokes" and "fun" were stripped of their boundaries for a few of the roasters who were determined to share their choice words with the political figure.
Ann finally had her swing at the roasting stage, and it was immediately clear that she should stick to political commentating instead of comedic entertainment; although, it was entertaining how bad her jokes were and untimely her book promotion was. She probably should have known that a Comedy Central Roast was not the best place to promote a book called “In Trump We Trust”. Thankfully, she took the jokes well as she kept a smile (a small, but existent smile) on her face while seated and opened her act with the line, "I want to welcome everybody to the Ann Coulter Roast with Rob Lowe", portraying the lightheartedness she had during the process.
The evening was filled with better jokes than many roasts before, numerous questionable, yet unsurprising, lines from Jeff Ross, and even a song from Jewel poking fun at Coulter's voting ideology. It was a roast that many will not soon forget, because it was the first time that people may have had to step back and think about who the roast was actually aimed at. So, maybe next time a conservative commentator gets invited to be a part of a Comedy Central Roast, they should decline and watch the madness from the comfort of their home instead. Although I can only imagine the publicity this has brought upon the political figure, so, hey, maybe in the end the bruises were worth the recognition.
