Comedian plays ‘ghost’ of UnitedHealthcare CEO on Netflix three weeks after murder
Tim Dillon appeared in front of a projection reading: ‘UnitedHellcare CEO’
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Your support makes all the difference.Comedian Tim Dillon appeared as the “ghost” of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson during Netflix’s Torching 2024: A Roast of the Year, less than a month after the insurance executive was murdered in Manhattan.
The 39-year-old stand-up and podcast host appeared dressed similarly to a widely-shared photo of Thompson, 50, wearing a navy blue pullover and tan khakis. He was also wrapped in black chains and tossed orange pill bottles into the crowd, announcing: “This is fentanyl, laced with more fentanyl.”
The 45-minutes special was filmed at The Bellwether in Los Angeles and is now streaming on Netflix.
“I’m Brian Thompson,” announced Dillon, as the audience laughed nervously. “I’m going to hell for this... you might as well laugh.”
“I’m the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, and I understand that a lot of you are happy I’m dead,” he continued. “Yeah, I read the tweets! You don’t think they have X in hell? That’s all they have in hell! Half the people commenting on there are burning in a vat of boiling oil.
“Let me tell you, your reaction to my murder makes me sick… and not the type of sick I would immediately deny for not having the proper paperwork. You’ve gotta have the paperwork!”
Dillon went on to joke that Thompson’s last thought was: “I love my job.”
“I do, because I help people,” he continued. “Not by giving them healthcare, but by denying it! Oh, your nana needs her insulin? Maybe your nana needs to make better choices.”
He continued: “The truth is, without people like me, f***ing over people like you, to help people like me, this country would fall apart... and that’s on you.”
Later, he added: “If you’re happy I’m dead, the joke’s on you. Most people think I’m out of the game right now because I’m rotting in hell. Wrong! I’m working remote, and harder than ever.”
Earlier this month, Luigi Mangione was charged with murder in connection to Thompson’s death on December 4.
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Mangione, 26, was spotted eating a meal inside a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after a nationwide manhunt. He was then extradited to New York.
This week he pleaded not guilty to state terror and murder charges in a Manhattan courtroom.
He faces 11 counts in New York, including first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism, second-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism and multiple weapons offenses. Federal prosecutors have also charged Mangione with murder. He faces up to life in prison without parole if convicted of the state charges, but could face the death penalty if convicted of the federal charges.
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