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A Nasty Melania Joke Was Cut From Netflix Kevin Hart Roast, And It’s A Doozy

It would have been a joke to remember, especially after the first lady jump-started another threat on Jimmy Kimmel’s career for his crack about her.

A writer for this past Sunday’s Netflix roast of Kevin Hart revealed a joke about first lady Melania Trump that didn’t make the cut. And it might have brought down the house and incurred the wrath of the White House .

The withheld crack goes thusly: “Tony is like Melania: The only thing relevant about him is that he opened for Trump once.” Variety, which shared writer Madison Sinclair’s sidelined zingers, didn’t provide a reason for the omission.

But the political climate for humor has reached a dark place in the Trump administration.…