Whitney Cummings claims lurid Trump joke was cut from Netflix's Mark Twain Prize special

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Comedian Whitney Cummings claimed one of her jokes about President Donald Trump was cut from Netflix's Mark Twain Prize special honoring Bill Maher. Comedian Whitney Cummings is saying that one of her jokes about President Donald Trump was cut from Netflix's Mark Twain Prize special honoring Bill Maher. Cummings, who was among those who paid tribute to the "Real Time" host at the Kennedy Center ceremony last month, made headlines with an edgy jab about the president, telling the audience, "I actually heard Trump may come tonight, but he couldn’t make it. He got caught in sex traffic." Cummings said her routine was meddled with. "Not only did I have to cut a joke in rehearsal, then the joke I did — I ended on 'Donald Trump couldn't make it tonight, he got caught in sex traffic' — it stayed in, and then they said, 'We would like to cut it out,'" Cummin