Humorist Tim Dillon‘s wading into one of many greatest tales of 2024 … enjoying slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a Netflix particular.
This is the deal … on Friday, Netflix is releasing “Torching 2024: A Roast of the Year” — a roast taking a flamethrower to a few of the greatest information tales from 2024 as we head into 2025.
After all, arguably the most important story of the yr was the capturing dying of Thompson earlier this month … and sources accustomed to the taping inform us that Dillon and Netflix did not shrink back from it.
Our sources say Tim goes on to the stage wearing a go well with — identical to Brian Thompson — with bullet wounds painted on the again. As you realize, Thompson was shot a number of instances within the again at simply earlier than 7 AM on December 4.
We’re advised Dillon’s wrapped in chains onstage — sort of like Marley, the primary ghost who visits Ebenezer Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol” — ‘trigger the bit is that he is getting back from Hell the place he is fairly blissful.
Thompson is initially visiting earth to provide the speech he wasn’t in a position to give on the healthcare convention he was to attend earlier than the capturing. Nevertheless, we’re advised Tim’s model of Thompson lays into the gang and world for celebrating his homicide as a substitute.
As we reported … Luigi Mangione was arrested for the capturing — and he faces a number of expenses on the state and federal stage, together with first-degree homicide.
This roast comes on the heels of the success of the roast of Tom Brady … which aired again in Could to an enormous viewers on the streaming large.
The particular comes out December 27 … we have reached out to Netflix and Tim Dillon, up to now no phrase again.
