Justin Bieber Gets His Own Comedy Central Roast
Posted on Tue Jan 20th, 2015 9:47am PDT By X17 Staff
Get your skewers out, Justin Bieber is being roasted in his very own Comedy Central special. Put up your double cups -- because it's time to cheer and jeer at all things Justin Bieber!
The 20-year-old bad boy is set to be roasted during a March 7 taping, Us Weekly reports.
And instead of shying away from the barbs and jokes, the Canadian miscreant is welcoming the roasting, apparently the Biebs has been trying to get roasted for ages. On Tuesday, a rep for Comedy Central told Ryan Seacrest, “Justin has been asking us for years to roast him ... so we kept telling him to create some more material and we’re thrilled he listened.â€
It appears as though that's the truth! Bieber took to Twitter to unleash his excitement, confirming the news, "For years I have wanted Comedy Central to roast me. They said only if I provided them w/ more material so for a year now I have worked hard. Finally after all that hard work for my 21st bday it's happening. Thanks @RyanSeacrest & @ComedyCentral for the announcement. Let's do it :)."
We can't imagine the writers will have a lack of material. From his on-again/off-again relationship with Selena Gomez to his arrests and recent Calvin Klein campaign, JB is great at making headlines! And now Comedy Central can turn all his antics into punch-line gold!
Comedy Central has roasted other notable stars, including Hugh Hefner, Bob Saget, Donald Trump, Charlie Sheen and Pamela Anderson.
Despite all the madness and mockery, Justin really seems to be a good sport about his persona. Over the weekend on Saturday Night Live, funny ladies Kate McKinnon and Cecily Strong parodied his CK video with Dutch model Lara Stone -- and it appears as if the "Baby" singer took the jabs all in good fun.
On Saturday night, he tweeted, "Well played. Lol," to SNL's official Twitter account.
Taking it in stride!