The comedian Matt Rife, whose sets have routinely gone viral on TikTok over the past year, is sparking backlash over a joke about domestic violence included in his latest special. Called Natural Selection, Rife’s special premiered on Netflix on Nov. 15 and opens with a joke about the comedian going to a restaurant with a friend and being greeted by a hostess who had a black eye. His friend wonders why the hostess was not working in the kitchen “so nobody has to see her face.” Rife’s punchline: “I feel like if she could cook, she wouldn’t have that black eye.”
Clips of the joke circulated online shortly after the special was released. Within a few days, at least one clip had over 2 million views as criticism grew.
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