MEDIA WINNER: Comedian Ariel Elias Stand-up comedian Ariel Elias spectacularly shut down a heckler while performing at Uncle Vinnie’s Comedy Club in Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey. Elias sparred with a woman in the audience over the 2020 election after she demanded to know who the comedian voted for. “Did I vote for Donald Trump? What do you think?” Elias said. “No,” said the woman. Elias joked that it didn’t matter anyway, because she lived and voted in New York, a state that went overwhelmingly for Joe Biden. “I vote in New York, my vote doesn’t matter there.” The woman later interjected again to say that she could tell Elias voted for Biden because of her jokes. “Alright. I can tell by the fact that you’re still talking when nobody wants you to that you voted for Trump,” Elias shot back as the audience laughed and hollered. As Elias was getting back into her jokes, the heckler's husband hurled a beer can at the stage, which flew past her head and slammed into the wall behind her. Elias picked up the beer can and chugged the remainder of the contents, to the cheers of the audience. The incredible reaction earned Elias air time on CNN. She joined Kate Bolduan on Monday to discuss the performance, explaining that she knew she just had to "chug this" once she realized there was still beer in the can. She also recommended therapy for the heckler. Legend. |