On the day this episode was filmed Sean went to see Jimmy and asked if he was okay. Jimmy told him he was and Sean should just go for it. Both of them showed real class that day. RIP Sean.
So in terms of "did he get a fine?", the answer is no because he didn't evade tax, he legally avoided it. It was purely a moral outrage. And like was pointed out in the clip, the politicians all do it.
In the UK there is a system called PAYE (Pay As You Earn), basically, if you get paid wages the tax is taken away before you get paid. You will get your pay packet, and it will say how much tax you've paid out of those earning. There is more to the system but basically, if you are part of the working classes, you simply don't have the chance to avoid paying income tax. It is not an option available to you, so when it comes to light that someone in the public eye, and earning very good money, is found to be avoiding paying their fair share of tax, the public can turn against them. In this case, Jimmy did exactly the right thing, he held his hands up and just admitted his stupidity and he doesn't try to justify it in any terms other than his own stupidity.......and the Roasting these guys give him really helped also. David Cameron was UK Prime Minister when the press broke this story, and he came out giving statements about just how immoral Jimmy was for doing this tax avoidance.....Fast forwards 4 years and guess who was caught with his money stashed away offshore. You've no chance of cleaning up a system when those in charge of it actively abuse and lie about it........the shear gall of David Cameron to publicly criticise Jimmy for doing exactly the same as him is staggering.
He put £3 million in an offshore film investment scheme as a few other big names did as advised by his accountant. The papers found out and took the moral high ground. He apologised, repaid the taxes and stopped doing it. He broke morals only.
this was over 10 years ago and our politicians who pulled him up about it are still doing it, our prime minister and his family one of the biggest tax dodgers along with the king
It caused "moral outrage" only, as he didn't commit a crime. As you said, millions of people do the same without "getting caught" and I honestly don't know anyone so morally immaculate who, given the opportunity, wouldn't take the chance to do something similar. The whole hoo-ha was a ridiculous display of moral grandstanding.
David Cameron was the PM of UK at the time, he was at a G8 summit and toke his time to address Jimmy Taxes. Clearly to move focus from politics, when the world`s 8 richest countries met Jimmy`s taxes is rarely that high on the list.
As mr Locke said, its not illegal to fart in an elevator either, but it is still a shitty thing to do. It is still pretty common in Europe to realize that if you avoid taxes, you are an a hole not conributing your part. Legality is not the issue.
This is a perfect example of what you have to do in the event of a ‘public shaming’ - admit it, explain it, say how stupid you were and then make fun of yourself and allow others to do it. As soon as people double down that they did nothing wrong it’ll never end.
Yeah I believe he worked within the law. He deserved the ribbing, of course, and more. Have seen Jimmy live stand up a couple of times; I like his comedy. Like me, he has an Irish passport, he was born in Limerick, me up north :) If anything though the developed countries with highest tax rates invariably always have the best quality of life, on basically every measure. Most obvious examples ofc are the Scandinavian countries. This ain't no coincidence.
David Cameron was the Prime Minister at the time and was un der fire in the press for lots of things including leaving his daughter in the pub and was looking for a way to turn the attention away from him.
Firstly Tax is completely different in the UK to the US, your system is a mess. Ours is much simpler. Let's just say what he did wasn't illegal, it is immorral. And no, no politician would dare to try and close the loopholes (of which there are many) because it is not the poorer people than can leverage them, only the super rich who can afford to pay a slippery accountant. The majority of people who are employed, in the UK, pay tax via Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Tax is taken off your wages before you get paid, we never see the money we pay in taxes before it is invested in the infrastructure. What the richer people are doing is not paying their share of taxes, but still taking advantage of what we (the poorer ones) are paying for. That is the immorral part. When this came to light, the government needed a news story for people to get worked up about whilst they hid some other things. The Media obliged by sacrificing Jimmy Carr and Gary Barlow. Jimmy fessed up and was forgiven, none of the corrupt Politicians and Businessmen admitted to it and they are still doing it today. We have a great system but lots of corrupt people playing the system
Every corporate owner or big earner knows how to reduce their tax burden by at least half perfectly legally... whilst normal PAYE wage slaves pay 40% they're paying 10%. How?😮 They incorporate themselves, get paid as a company, take dividends instead of a salary, have offshore corporate bank accounts and assets in tax havens like Anguilla, Monaco, Lichtenstein etc and only move money to the UK to actually spend it...
Only just seeing this now, yes Jimmy got fined....narrowly avoided a prison sentence. He cleared it all up financially...but we must mock him for it forever. As English folk, it's what we do.
Hello Randy ,there are companies that will tell the you or set up schemes to help you pay a little tax as possible,they are usually based in tax havens ❤
The thing is, parliament get these accountants to draw up tax laws but get them to include loopholes for themselves, then the accountants sell their services to use the same loopholes. Like they say David Cameron's parents used those loopholes. Dc called out Jimmy for avoidance (legal) but when Gary Barlow from take that was caught in evasion (illegal), as he was DC's pal, didn't get a mention.
You raise some interesting points. "Illegal vs immoral/shitty behaviour" is perhaps the main issue at hand I think. It's important to highlight and push back against shitty behaviour, legal or not. Your reaction to John Richardson's point that "nurses are fired/underpaid cos not everyone pays their tax" is interesting.
Sorry it was not Tax Evasion, that’s illegal and he would have been charged. It was Tax Avoidance which is basically using the letter of the rules to reduce tax exposure rather than the spirit.
It was unethical but not illegal. At least he did it in Channel Islands where I live! These rich people help our economy 😂. God he took so much stick for years!!!!!!!!!!!!
It gets complicated here. The difference between tax evasion and tax avoidance. I don’t remember the full details but I do remember that it was an area which was in a very grey area legally using a rather strange/innovative scheme.
i honestly dont have a problem with what jimmy did like sean said it wasnt illegal and who doesnt want to save money or pay taxes he just had the balls to do it
Queen voluntary paid taxes even though she didn't have to. Employed loads of people all paying tax and contribute to tourism which generates a lot of tax. It cost an individual in tax about the price of an expensive cup of coffee a year for ALL the royal family.
Actually JImmy didn't do anything wrong or illegal at all, his accountant just found ways to pay the minimum taxes. Although not illegal, people just didn't like it when a rich man didn't pay his fair share. So, the opposite of the US.
Big difference but also big overlap in some circumstances. It's how large companies can make loads of money in the UK but transfer in debts from the foreign company that owns them and move all their profits offshore so they end up making £1.63 in profit for the year so their tax burden is a percentage of a penny - and it's legal!
HMRC = His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (inland revenue). Tax Evasion (illegal). Tax Avoidance (legal - unless proven beyond doubt to be deliberate, but immoral) This can include * accidentally * delaying filing so that received monies fall in to the following tax year, starting limited companies with tax exemption grants, taking loans from said companies and never paying them back, then writing off those monies as a loss and such.
if you are interested, you might want to watch something about the british tax havens, it's quite interesting and explains a lot of, why the brits themself don't see tax evasion as something to be praised, like it is seen in other countries. since the british public is a victim in this as well, they do not like it.
Tax avoidance is legal but regarded as immoral whilst tax evasion is illegal. What you said about businesses and accountants is also true- however, if your husband didn’t pay $10k tax (for example) on his business earnings and Starbucks didn’t pay $10m, both are seen as immoral but one impacts society significantly more. Jimmy being a multimillionaire meant that significantly less money was going back into the tax pot than if you or I did it. It was also somewhat hypocritical of Jimmy to make jokes about politicians, bankers, etc., when he was doing as bad as all of them.
Hiya. Nothing Jimmy did was illegal, but public opinion thought what he did was immoral and unfair. So, he stopped the financial schemes he'd entered into, paid the tax he really should have paid and publicly apologised for being a c***. Stay safe. All the best to you.
He had to pay interest and late fees, he might have gone to jail if he had tried to obstruct the investigation, very few people go to jail if they are able to pay the tax back. The UK has a law where you are required to disclose the nature of any special arrangements you have made and as long as you disclose that they don't criminally prosecute. For the record he arranged for his income from gigs to be paid to a company and then borrowed the money from the company with no intention of paying it back and the company claimed the loan as a loss. It came out a week after he had been highly critical of other peoples tax arrangements on another show.
re replies below - tax avoidance is legal - if immoral! - tax evasion is illegal, and even saying "my accountant did my tax returns " is no defence - the responsibilty for your tax returns always stays with you - even if you employ anaccountant to do the returns for you
david cameron was the prime minister at that time xD come on he was pretty well known internationally xD as a non british person myself hes one of maybe 3 of them i can name xD
Tax Avoidance, not tax evasion. One carries a penalty, usually a fine, the other carries a jail sentence. Avoidance implies using mechanisms to pay less tax. Tax Evasion is a deliberate and criminal attempt to defraud His Majesty's government. I'm not saying Jimmy would sue, but it's nice to be fair and right at the same time. You're implying Jimmy is a criminal but it was handled in a civil matter, not criminal.
If you are in the public eye you can scream "legal loophole" all you want, and end you career right then. Jimmy lives in England and a country with extensive universal welfare systems you must always expect to be smoked if you are not willing to pay your fair share. I live in Norway, and over the last few years we have had a problem with rich people taking their fortunes to Switzerland. These people can legally do this, but they have forever tainted their reputation, and their words have no impact on public debates in Norway anymore. Their money was more important to them, than their reputation in their home country. It is obvious here that Jimmy was not the one looking for a loophole, but got one presented by his accountant. It was still his call, and he put so much trust in his accountant, so that he did not think it over much. Maybe he thought that the accountant would not present him with anything immoral, but still Jimmy is the responsible party. He did the only thing he could have done if his career is more important to him than the money he tried to save, and he did in very well. I think he is mostly forgiven, and I suppose he has paid the taxes he should have in the first place.
I know I'm late to comment but: I think the biggest cultural gap you have here is that Britain is very much a socialist democracy. If you don't pay your share of tax, especially if you're wealthy, the country can't have socialism. I think in America, the socialism you experience largely does not directly benefit you (eg. military), or if it does it's extremely variable based on who you are and where you live (eg. schooling, parks, law enforcement). In Britain it's a social responsibility to pay tax so that you can benefit from free healthcare, excellent free schools etc. People know that. They see you as not playing your part if you don't pay tax. If you're dying because you're on a long waiting list for public care, even though you paid tax all your life, then it's probably because the rich don't pay their tax. I think it's almost the opposite in America? I've lived in the USA, and I live in Australia which is a very similar situation to Britain.
Jimmy didn’t admit he was committing tax evasion… they found out. Taking accountability after the fact isn’t great. Obviously he wasn’t alone doing this but sayings he’s not the worst offender doesn’t make his actions any better. My point is just that Jimmy has to do this; taking this roasting saved his career and allowed him to continue to profit as a great comedian. So he deserves our ridicule not our defence.
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On the day this episode was filmed Sean went to see Jimmy and asked if he was okay. Jimmy told him he was and Sean should just go for it. Both of them showed real class that day. RIP Sean.
RIP
So in terms of "did he get a fine?", the answer is no because he didn't evade tax, he legally avoided it. It was purely a moral outrage. And like was pointed out in the clip, the politicians all do it.
And, I expect, banks, corporations, probably even charities, allegedly.
@@georgecaplin9075 Churches.
It's fine to be morally outraged, it's the moral grandstanding by those doing the same legally and without being questioned is what made me outraged.
@@khymaaren Yup. Nail, on head.
@@js0988 Bread! Apples! Very small rocks! Cider! Great gravy! Cherries! Mud! Churches! Churches! Lead, Lead!
The politician who called him out over this was David Cameron, who it was later found had been doing exactly the same thing.
He had not been doing exactly the same thing.
tunrned out Camerons father ran an offshore fund and cameron himself benefitted from it….so it was hypocrisy….and he still does….
@@paulmidsussex3409 He had, tory stooge, go bum your pigs
In the UK there is a system called PAYE (Pay As You Earn), basically, if you get paid wages the tax is taken away before you get paid. You will get your pay packet, and it will say how much tax you've paid out of those earning.
There is more to the system but basically, if you are part of the working classes, you simply don't have the chance to avoid paying income tax. It is not an option available to you, so when it comes to light that someone in the public eye, and earning very good money, is found to be avoiding paying their fair share of tax, the public can turn against them.
In this case, Jimmy did exactly the right thing, he held his hands up and just admitted his stupidity and he doesn't try to justify it in any terms other than his own stupidity.......and the Roasting these guys give him really helped also.
David Cameron was UK Prime Minister when the press broke this story, and he came out giving statements about just how immoral Jimmy was for doing this tax avoidance.....Fast forwards 4 years and guess who was caught with his money stashed away offshore.
You've no chance of cleaning up a system when those in charge of it actively abuse and lie about it........the shear gall of David Cameron to publicly criticise Jimmy for doing exactly the same as him is staggering.
He put £3 million in an offshore film investment scheme as a few other big names did as advised by his accountant. The papers found out and took the moral high ground. He apologised, repaid the taxes and stopped doing it. He broke morals only.
this was over 10 years ago and our politicians who pulled him up about it are still doing it, our prime minister and his family one of the biggest tax dodgers along with the king
The royal family do pay taxes like all of us.
They get an income, and pay tax on it
Was it ever thus? (sorry I went to a Shakespeare Play at THe Globe in London today) It will wear off...I departeth.Exeunt Left...
@@Isleofskye shame on thou
@@stuandtheguitar5689 they only pay some of them what about the inheritance tax on the billions they just received we have to pay it
@@pleviousryonrost Methinks thou art a scoundrel,rotter, cad, and bounder, Sirrah...
David Cameron was the prime minister at the time , Jimmy wasn't fined ,he agreed to pay the tax he owed ❤
It caused "moral outrage" only, as he didn't commit a crime. As you said, millions of people do the same without "getting caught" and I honestly don't know anyone so morally immaculate who, given the opportunity, wouldn't take the chance to do something similar. The whole hoo-ha was a ridiculous display of moral grandstanding.
He didn’t get fined or arrested. It wasn’t illegal what he did, it was immoral.
Jimmy held his hand up said sorry and took the stick people gave him unlike many who would have cried and got high court blocking orders etc
David Cameron was the PM of UK at the time, he was at a G8 summit and toke his time to address Jimmy Taxes. Clearly to move focus from politics, when the world`s 8 richest countries met Jimmy`s taxes is rarely that high on the list.
The HMRC positive joke was hmrc stands for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs(IRS) 😂
As mr Locke said, its not illegal to fart in an elevator either, but it is still a shitty thing to do. It is still pretty common in Europe to realize that if you avoid taxes, you are an a hole not conributing your part. Legality is not the issue.
if you are wearing a shortskirt in the street he wouldn't notice for obvious reasons
He avoided taxes, not evaded taxes. Good reaction. Thanks for sharing. David Cameron was their Prime Minister at the time.
To be fair, it wasn't tax evasion it was tax avoidance, what he was doing was legal.
R.I.P. Sean. He died a bit ago within the last year or two.
David Cameron was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom when this episode originally aired.
This is a perfect example of what you have to do in the event of a ‘public shaming’ - admit it, explain it, say how stupid you were and then make fun of yourself and allow others to do it. As soon as people double down that they did nothing wrong it’ll never end.
Yeah I believe he worked within the law. He deserved the ribbing, of course, and more. Have seen Jimmy live stand up a couple of times; I like his comedy. Like me, he has an Irish passport, he was born in Limerick, me up north :) If anything though the developed countries with highest tax rates invariably always have the best quality of life, on basically every measure. Most obvious examples ofc are the Scandinavian countries. This ain't no coincidence.
David Cameron was the Prime Minister at the time and was un der fire in the press for lots of things including leaving his daughter in the pub and was looking for a way to turn the attention away from him.
For HMRC, Read IRS.
(His Majesties Revenue & Customs)
Great reaction. 👍🏻 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The topper was when the category Ways To Reduce Stress came up and Sean said PAY YOUR TAXES... It brought everyone to tears...
To be fair, if you're wearing a short skirt, you're probably safe from Louis
The accountant never gets charged due to it being your tax.
Jimmy never got charged either. It wasn't illegal.
Firstly Tax is completely different in the UK to the US, your system is a mess. Ours is much simpler. Let's just say what he did wasn't illegal, it is immorral. And no, no politician would dare to try and close the loopholes (of which there are many) because it is not the poorer people than can leverage them, only the super rich who can afford to pay a slippery accountant. The majority of people who are employed, in the UK, pay tax via Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Tax is taken off your wages before you get paid, we never see the money we pay in taxes before it is invested in the infrastructure. What the richer people are doing is not paying their share of taxes, but still taking advantage of what we (the poorer ones) are paying for. That is the immorral part. When this came to light, the government needed a news story for people to get worked up about whilst they hid some other things. The Media obliged by sacrificing Jimmy Carr and Gary Barlow. Jimmy fessed up and was forgiven, none of the corrupt Politicians and Businessmen admitted to it and they are still doing it today. We have a great system but lots of corrupt people playing the system
Every corporate owner or big earner knows how to reduce their tax burden by at least half perfectly legally... whilst normal PAYE wage slaves pay 40% they're paying 10%. How?😮 They incorporate themselves, get paid as a company, take dividends instead of a salary, have offshore corporate bank accounts and assets in tax havens like Anguilla, Monaco, Lichtenstein etc and only move money to the UK to actually spend it...
Only just seeing this now, yes Jimmy got fined....narrowly avoided a prison sentence. He cleared it all up financially...but we must mock him for it forever. As English folk, it's what we do.
Hello Randy ,there are companies that will tell the you or set up schemes to help you pay a little tax as possible,they are usually based in tax havens ❤
No, he was not hiding money from the taxman. He used a construct that was totally legal but morally highly questionable.
The thing is, parliament get these accountants to draw up tax laws but get them to include loopholes for themselves, then the accountants sell their services to use the same loopholes. Like they say David Cameron's parents used those loopholes. Dc called out Jimmy for avoidance (legal) but when Gary Barlow from take that was caught in evasion (illegal), as he was DC's pal, didn't get a mention.
David Cameron was the UK Prime Minister.
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You raise some interesting points. "Illegal vs immoral/shitty behaviour" is perhaps the main issue at hand I think. It's important to highlight and push back against shitty behaviour, legal or not. Your reaction to John Richardson's point that "nurses are fired/underpaid cos not everyone pays their tax" is interesting.
a pub is a bar
Sorry it was not Tax Evasion, that’s illegal and he would have been charged. It was Tax Avoidance which is basically using the letter of the rules to reduce tax exposure rather than the spirit.
It was unethical but not illegal. At least he did it in Channel Islands where I live! These rich people help our economy 😂. God he took so much stick for years!!!!!!!!!!!!
It gets complicated here. The difference between tax evasion and tax avoidance. I don’t remember the full details but I do remember that it was an area which was in a very grey area legally using a rather strange/innovative scheme.
It was a legal grey area. What he did was totally legal but morally not great.
@@eleanorcooke7136 totally legal is a bit questionable but it sure wasn’t clear cut and led to the government bringing in a new law the year after!
i honestly dont have a problem with what jimmy did like sean said it wasnt illegal and who doesnt want to save money or pay taxes he just had the balls to do it
Queen voluntary paid taxes even though she didn't have to. Employed loads of people all paying tax and contribute to tourism which generates a lot of tax. It cost an individual in tax about the price of an expensive cup of coffee a year for ALL the royal family.
Actually JImmy didn't do anything wrong or illegal at all, his accountant just found ways to pay the minimum taxes. Although not illegal, people just didn't like it when a rich man didn't pay his fair share. So, the opposite of the US.
I think he paid it back but wasn't fined.
David Cameron was PM.
Big difference between avoidance and evasion
Big difference but also big overlap in some circumstances. It's how large companies can make loads of money in the UK but transfer in debts from the foreign company that owns them and move all their profits offshore so they end up making £1.63 in profit for the year so their tax burden is a percentage of a penny - and it's legal!
I dont think ladies in skirts need to worry about Louis Spence they are really not his type.
HMRC = His Majesty's Revenue and Customs (inland revenue). Tax Evasion (illegal). Tax Avoidance (legal - unless proven beyond doubt to be deliberate, but immoral) This can include * accidentally * delaying filing so that received monies fall in to the following tax year, starting limited companies with tax exemption grants, taking loans from said companies and never paying them back, then writing off those monies as a loss and such.
if you are interested, you might want to watch something about the british tax havens, it's quite interesting and explains a lot of, why the brits themself don't see tax evasion as something to be praised, like it is seen in other countries. since the british public is a victim in this as well, they do not like it.
HMRC Positive - IRS Positive for USA people.
Tax avoidance is legal but regarded as immoral whilst tax evasion is illegal. What you said about businesses and accountants is also true- however, if your husband didn’t pay $10k tax (for example) on his business earnings and Starbucks didn’t pay $10m, both are seen as immoral but one impacts society significantly more. Jimmy being a multimillionaire meant that significantly less money was going back into the tax pot than if you or I did it.
It was also somewhat hypocritical of Jimmy to make jokes about politicians, bankers, etc., when he was doing as bad as all of them.
Hiya. Nothing Jimmy did was illegal, but public opinion thought what he did was immoral and unfair. So, he stopped the financial schemes he'd entered into, paid the tax he really should have paid and publicly apologised for being a c***. Stay safe. All the best to you.
Cameron was doing the same.
He reduces the amount he paid in tax
He had to pay interest and late fees, he might have gone to jail if he had tried to obstruct the investigation, very few people go to jail if they are able to pay the tax back. The UK has a law where you are required to disclose the nature of any special arrangements you have made and as long as you disclose that they don't criminally prosecute. For the record he arranged for his income from gigs to be paid to a company and then borrowed the money from the company with no intention of paying it back and the company claimed the loan as a loss. It came out a week after he had been highly critical of other peoples tax arrangements on another show.
H.M.R.C. is the tax office it stands for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs or did now His Majesty's .
re replies below - tax avoidance is legal - if immoral! - tax evasion is illegal, and even saying "my accountant did my tax returns " is no defence - the responsibilty for your tax returns always stays with you - even if you employ anaccountant to do the returns for you
This wouldn't even be a major news story anymore
If i was earning as much as jimmy carr id want to keep the money tbh😅
david cameron was the prime minister at that time xD come on he was pretty well known internationally xD as a non british person myself hes one of maybe 3 of them i can name xD
Tax Avoidance, not tax evasion. One carries a penalty, usually a fine, the other carries a jail sentence.
Avoidance implies using mechanisms to pay less tax. Tax Evasion is a deliberate and criminal attempt to defraud His Majesty's government.
I'm not saying Jimmy would sue, but it's nice to be fair and right at the same time. You're implying Jimmy is a criminal but it was handled in a civil matter, not criminal.
45% for higher earners I would evade.
It wasn’t illegal
Pub and Bar is very similar ❤.
14:01 if your a guy wearing a skirt probably walk the other way i agree😂
Louis would be interested if you already 'walk the other way'.
If you are in the public eye you can scream "legal loophole" all you want, and end you career right then. Jimmy lives in England and a country with extensive universal welfare systems you must always expect to be smoked if you are not willing to pay your fair share. I live in Norway, and over the last few years we have had a problem with rich people taking their fortunes to Switzerland. These people can legally do this, but they have forever tainted their reputation, and their words have no impact on public debates in Norway anymore. Their money was more important to them, than their reputation in their home country. It is obvious here that Jimmy was not the one looking for a loophole, but got one presented by his accountant. It was still his call, and he put so much trust in his accountant, so that he did not think it over much. Maybe he thought that the accountant would not present him with anything immoral, but still Jimmy is the responsible party. He did the only thing he could have done if his career is more important to him than the money he tried to save, and he did in very well. I think he is mostly forgiven, and I suppose he has paid the taxes he should have in the first place.
Awesome job on sucking the fun out of the clip.
I know I'm late to comment but: I think the biggest cultural gap you have here is that Britain is very much a socialist democracy. If you don't pay your share of tax, especially if you're wealthy, the country can't have socialism. I think in America, the socialism you experience largely does not directly benefit you (eg. military), or if it does it's extremely variable based on who you are and where you live (eg. schooling, parks, law enforcement). In Britain it's a social responsibility to pay tax so that you can benefit from free healthcare, excellent free schools etc.
People know that. They see you as not playing your part if you don't pay tax. If you're dying because you're on a long waiting list for public care, even though you paid tax all your life, then it's probably because the rich don't pay their tax. I think it's almost the opposite in America?
I've lived in the USA, and I live in Australia which is a very similar situation to Britain.
Jimmy Carr about as funny as root canal surgery.
you do realise this is a comedy show ??
Nancy pelosi 😅
Jimmy didn’t admit he was committing tax evasion… they found out. Taking accountability after the fact isn’t great. Obviously he wasn’t alone doing this but sayings he’s not the worst offender doesn’t make his actions any better. My point is just that Jimmy has to do this; taking this roasting saved his career and allowed him to continue to profit as a great comedian. So he deserves our ridicule not our defence.