Rob Schneider Slams Claims GOP Leaders Horrified By His 'Gross' Jokes At Event: 'Bulls**t'

Rob Schneider has fired back at a new report claiming that his comedy set at a GOP event late last year was cut short because high-level Republican figures were horrified by his "gross and vulgar" jokes.

In a statement to TMZ, the actor and comedian, 60, claimed that he did a full 50-minute performance for a group of prominent Republicans at a holiday gala in Los Angeles.

"I did 50 minutes because that's what I was paid to do. Nobody removed me from [the] stage, somebody waved to me at the 50-minute mark," Schneider said.

The "Deuce Bigalow" star insisted that the event organizers were aware of the kind of material he delivered when they hired him to perform at the gala, which was attended by senators and more than 40 Senate chiefs of staff.

"I'm not changing my material or apologizing for my jokes to anybody. Enough with this woke bulls**t, America's sick of it," Schneider added.

The comedian said he was paid $50,000 to perform for at least half an hour at the event.

On Monday, Politico reported, citing unnamed people who watched or were familiar with the performance, that gala host Senate Working Group (SWG) stopped Schneider's set within 10 minutes after he made "raunchy" and inappropriate jokes.

The former "Saturday Night Live" cast member's set reportedly included jokes about "Korean whore-houses" and other cracks aimed at Asian people.

One attendee, Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, reportedly walked out while the "50 First Dates" actor was performing.

A spokesperson for the senator told Politico that Hyde-Smith "got up and left" because she found Schneider's jokes "gross and vulgar."

In a statement obtained by Politico, SWG said Schneider had promised executive director James Kimmey that he would keep his jokes mostly clean but ultimately disregarded this agreement.

However, Schneider told TMZ that he'd already delivered many of the jokes, including his quip about Korean whore-houses, in his Netflix special and got a great reception for them in the past.

In his 2020 comedy special, "Rob Schneider: Asian Momma, Mexican Kids," the comedian, who is part-Filipino, made several jokes about racial stereotypes and did several Asian accents throughout his set, according to Ready Steady Cut.

He also previously received flak on social media for attempting to lecture civil rights activist and former congressman John Lewis about Martin Luther King Jr.

"Rep. Lewis. You are a great person. But Dr. King didn't give in to his anger or his hurt. That is how he accomplished & won Civil Rights," Schneider wrote in 2017 in a since-deleted tweet, according to Us Weekly.

Schneider's message to Lewis, who had marched with King in 1963 and 1965, sparked massive criticism against him on X at the time.

"Rob Schneider lecturing @repjohnlewis is the most embarrassing thing he's ever done. Yes, this includes 'The Animal,'" Wil Wheaton tweeted.

Another user wrote: "Rob Scheider lecturing anyone on anything is offensive, much less John Lewis on MLK Day. #facepalm."