Tenacious D’s Kyle Gass is recounting the “huge” ramifications he and his band faced as a result of a controversial, improvised joke about the first assassination attempt against Donald Trump. “I’m human, I made a mistake. I was going for a joke. But timing is everything. If there was ever a ‘too soon,’ it was this,” said Kyle, who founded the comedy rock band with Jack Black, during a recent interview with Rolling Stone magazine. In July 2024, Jack and the band’s fans were celebrating Kyle’s 64th birthday at a show in Sydney just after a gunman had targeted then-GOP presidential candidate Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. When Jack asked Kyle to make a wish onstage before blowing out the birthday candles on his cake, the musician joked: “Don’t miss Trump next time.” The moment sparked swift conservative backlash and a since-removed apology post from Kyle before Jack announced that the band was calling off its tour and pausing all future creative endeavours. Jack said he was “blindsided” by his bandmate’s comments and …