Comedian Ariel Elias Reacts To Beer-Throwing Incident At Comedy Club: “I Still Haven’t Cried, And I Know I Need To”
deadline.comAriel Elias says she still hasn’t fully processed the incident at Uncle Vinnie’s Comedy Club Saturday night in Point Pleasant Beach, NJ, a moment that’s since gone viral. “I still haven’t cried, and I know I need to,” she said today on Gianmarco Soresi’s podcast The Downside. “I think I’m feeling irritated at some of the attention,” continued Elias.
Deadline revealed yesterday that, in addition to outlets like Rolling Stone and CNN reaching out, producers for Jimmy Kimmel Live!
are looking to book the comedian. The incident in question involved a seemingly drunk woman in the audience asking Elias who she voted for the the last election before insisting, “I can tell by your jokes that you voted for Biden.” That led Elias to take (the verbal) gloves off. “I can tell by the fact that you’re still talking when nobody wants you to that you voted for Trump,” the comedian replied to big cheers from the audience.
Just a few seconds later, a beer can sailed across the room and splattered against the wall behind Elias, whose jaw dropped.
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