Is This Just Don Rickles Being Don Rickles?

The legendary comedian shocked his audience at an event honoring Shirley MacLaine.

“I shouldn’t make fun of the blacks,” Rickles said, and then proceeded to do just that: “President Obama is a personal friend of mine. He was over to the house yesterday, but the mop broke.”

The black-tie crowd, gathered to celebrate MacLaine, the 40th recipient of the AFI’s Life Achievement Award, alternately gasped at the 86-year-old comic’s put-downs and then found themselves laughing and applauding.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.