MINNEAPOLIS — Tony Hinchcliffe, a comedian with a reputation for pushing buttons, reportedly has upset members of George Floyd’s family with a joke he made in Netflix’s “The Roast of Kevin Hart.”

“The Black community is so proud of you,” Hinchcliffe said to Hart during Sunday’s live airing. “Right now George Floyd is looking up at us all laughing so hard that he can’t breathe.”

Travis Cains, a spokesperson for the Gianna and George Floyd Foundation, told TMZ that the family believes Hinchcliffe is a “racist comedian.”

“We are trying to rebuild things for our community and make things better in our community,” Cains said in a statement. “Let’s try to be a little bit more positive.”

Cains also criticized Hart for laughing at Hinchcliffe’s routine and not telling him beforehand that Floyd jokes were off-limits.

At the Tom Brady roast in 2024, Hinchcliffe referred to tight end Rob Gronkowski as looking “like the final boss in George Floyd the video game” that a player has to defeat to move forward.

Hinchcliffe, who co-hosts the popular podcast “Kill Tony,” has built a career on dark, politically incorrect insults.

In 2021, he was dropped by his agency after video of him mocking an Asian American comic went viral. At a Donald Trump rally in 2024, he described Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage.”

Roasts traditionally are filled with gasp-inducing insults, and they’re usually directed at celebrities in the room. But the Hart event was particularly brutal.

“What’s left of Lizzo is here,” Pete Davidson said about Lizzo, who has recently loss a lot of weight. “Either that or Eddie Murphy just debuted the newest Klumps.”

Katt Williams, who has feuded with Hart for years, ripped the honoree for his association with Sean Combs, who is in prison on two counts of transporting for prostitution.

“Just because Kevin went to Diddy parties does not mean he did something wrong,” said Williams. “The fact he gets all quiet when you bring it up, that means he did something wrong.”

Hinchcliffe himself wasn’t immune to verbal attacks.

“You got like a little Hollywood glow-up. I didn’t know veneers came in deli mustard yellow,” comedian Chelsea Handler said. “But it actually looks a little bit better in person. You must be using Crest White Supremacist Strips.”

In an Instagram post following the event, Hart thanked his peers for contributing and reminded followers that roasts come with heat.

“Relentless as he always is, but funny,” Hart said about Hinchcliffe. “You can’t have emotions. You have to understand the assignment.”

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