Cowardly Science Awards Cut Seth Rogan’s Comments About Trump From Speech

It turns out that Silicon Valley’s tech bros can’t take a joke. Comedian Seth Rogen found this out the hard way this month, when he presented at an awards ceremony for scientific innovation, the Breakthrough Prize, which annually doles out awards of dubious merit to various members of the field’s gilded class. Rogan’s attempt at a light roast directed at the well-heeled audience, which included the likes of Google co-founder Sergei Brin and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, did not go over well. Rogen reportedly went off script when he took some shots at the tech bros in attendance who had contributed to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. The Hollywood Reporter reports that Rogen said the following: “And it’s amazing that others [who have been] in this room underwrote electing a man who, in the last week, single-handedly destroyed all of American science,” Rogen said. “It’s amazing how much good science you can destroy with $320 million and RFK Jr, very fast,” the comedian said. THR notes ... Read full article.