Ready to roast Justin Bieber? The diminutive Canadian pop star will be following in the footsteps of James Franco, Charlie Sheen, Donald Trump and David Hasselhoff and getting his very own Comedy Central roast! After copping a blast from SNL for his impossibly silly Calvin Klein ad with an hilarious spoof - with Kate McKinnon playing the 20 year old "Baby" singer - it was announced today that he'll be taken to task in person when the Justin Bieber roast airs on March 7.
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
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) January 20, 2015
As reported by E! Online, Comedy Central's Kent Alterman, President of Content Development & Original Programming said in a statement "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."
Finally after all that hard work for my 21st bday it's happening. Thanks @RyanSeacrest & @ComedyCentral for the announcement. Let's do it :)
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) January 20, 2015
Weirdly enough, it was Ryan Seacrest who broke the news on his website.
.@JustinBieber to be roasted by Comedy Central! Details: https://t.co/dlMffAQ8Xz pic.twitter.com/gydeN8EZo2
— On Air/Ryan Seacrest (@OnAirWithRyan) January 20, 2015
But, as Rolling Stone say, the roasters will have no shortage of material to work from. They list off his numerous dubious incidents including "underage drinking and drag racing", "peeing a restaurant's mop bucket", egging his neighbor's house, and the monkey he left in Germany as go-to laughs for the roast.
They could also use his messed up NBA All Star campaign trying to get Toronto Raptors point guard Kyle Lowry to the NBA All Star game; every one of the 34,000+ retweets and mentions Bieber gained for Lowry were for naught, as he didn't link to the All Star voting ballot, or use the correct voting hashtag, which was #NBAballot.
Toronto has been killin it and @Klow7 deserves to be an nba all star. Make sure to vote for him. #WeTheNorth. Good luck buddy.
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) January 19, 2015
Ooops.
But at least Bieber seems to have a good sense of humor when it comes to himself. In the SNL parody of his archly terrible Calvin Klein campaign, Kate McKinnon plays the singer dressed up in tighty whiteys and harassing a bored-looking model (played by the ever-amazing Cecily Strong) while riding on scooter, doing fake pushups, pointing at an ever-enhanced bulge and constantly flexing non-existent muscles for the camera — afterwards he tweeted out "well played. Lol." in response.
@nbcsnl well played. Lol.
— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) January 18, 2015
Who do you want to see roast Justin Bieber? Who would make for a good roast master?
In the meantime, check out SNL's excellent parody below.