Ariel Elias was performing at a show at a comedy club in New Jersey when a Trump supporter started heckling her, demanding an answer to the question: “Did you vote for Donald Trump?” Another heckler then threw a beer at Elias, who calmly picked up the can and took a swig.
“You can’t handle anything better than that, right?” Jimmy Kimmel said last night on his show, where Elias was set to perform.
The late night host invited Elias to make her debut on Jimmy Kimmel Live! after watching a video of the incident, which went viral.
Elias shared the video in a series of tweets in early October, which garnered over a million views in a day and now sits at 5.6 million. She also revealed that Uncle Vinnie’s, the comedy club where this occurred, was pressing charges “against the guy”. They’ve invited Elias to perform again.
Kimmel praised Elias’ performance in a tweet, to which the comedian replied, “Can I make my late night debut on your show?”
The answer was “definitely” – and Kimmel followed through. Elias was brought in to a cheering audience, where she performed a five-minute set just as Kimmel promised. A great outcome to a pretty unpleasant incident.
