Chris Rock Brands Lawmakers ‘Stupid’ for Advocating Trump’s Arrest.

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By Lee Brown

March 20, 2023 | 8:56am

Chris Rock joked that former President Donald Trump was “romantic” for allegedly paying off porn star Stormy Daniels — whereas calling lawmakers “stupid” for wanting him arrested, warning it should solely inflate his reputation.

The 58-year-old funnyman addressed the anticipated arrest as he helped honor Adam Sandler on the Mark Twain Prize late Sunday — immediately addressing lawmakers within the viewers, together with Nancy Pelosi.

‘”Are you guys actually going to arrest Trump?” Rock requested the group, in response to the Daily Mail, which famous that a number of officers from the Biden administration have been within the Kennedy Center crowd.

“Do you know this is only going to make him more popular. It’s like arresting Tupac” Shakur, he quipped of the late rapper.

“He’s just gonna sell more records. Are you stupid?” he requested to a roar of laughter, in response to the outlet.

Rock additionally poked enjoyable on the anticipated prices over Trump, 76, allegedly paying hush cash to Stormy Daniels to attempt to kill her affair claims within the run-up to the 2016 election.

He joked that the longer term president “f—ed a porn star and paid off someone so his wife couldn’t find out.”

“That’s romantic,” Rock joked, in response to the outlet.

“We’ve all been cheated on. Don’t you wish that the person that cheated on you paid off somebody so you wouldn’t find out?” he requested.

Trump was removed from the one politician whom Rock centered on throughout his bit cracking up the Washington, DC, crowd — together with President Biden, the oldest-ever commander-in-chief at 80.

“Trump was so bad as a president, he was so bad that Joe Biden had to burst off a monument. Biden was dead for 16 years,” Rock quipped, in response to the report.

Rock additionally gave a shout-out to Pelosi’s husband, Paul, jokingly evaluating his home-invasion hammer assault to Rock’s personal high-profile assault when he was slapped by Will Smith eventually yr’s Oscars.

“Paul Pelosi, the only guy who knows how I felt,” Rock joked of the 82-year-old sitting subsequent to his lawmaker spouse.

“Just me and you, Paul,” he joked.

Others honoring Sandler, 56, included Drew Barrymore, Conan O’Brien, Jennifer Aniston, Steve Buscemi, Dana Carvey and Luis Guzmán.

The ceremony will probably be broadcast nationally on CNN on Sunday.