Press Release
“COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST OF JUSTIN BIEBER” TO TAPE IN LOS ANGELES, CA
Comedy Central
(DStv channel 122) is turning up the heat on pop icon
Justin Bieber. The network announced today that
Bieber will be this year’s
Roastee. The “
Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber” will tape in Los Angeles (taping and airdate will be announced shortly).
“Justin has been asking us for a few years to roast him, and we just kept telling him to go create more source material first. We’re thrilled he listened,” said Kent Alterman, President, Content Development & Original Programming,
Comedy Central.
Added
Evert van der Veer, Head of Comedy Central, Africa, “The
Roast franchise just keeps getting better and better - just when you’re thinking ‘who else is there left to
roast?’, we go and secure a pop culture phenomenon like
Justin - a stroke of ‘unbeliebable’ comic genius!”
Justin Bieber is the latest in a long line of celebrities and entertainment figures to have braved the role of
Comedy Central Roastee. Previous
Roast alumni have included
Charlie Sheen, David Hasselhoff, Joan Rivers, Rosanne Arnold, Kenny Kunene, Donald Trump and
Steve Hofmeyer.