Rob Schneider's Remarks on Dikembe Mutombo's Death Spark Rage

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Rob Schneider has not been shy about his anti-vaccine views in recent years. Yesterday, Saturday Night Live alumnus took the opportunity to share his views on the COVID-19 vaccine following the death of NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo.

Mutombo died of brain cancer on September 30 at the age of 58. Immediately after his death was announced, Schneider took to X to share one of Mutombo's posts in 2021, in which the eight-time NBA All-Star encouraged his followers to get vaccinated against Covid-19. .

“Rest in peace,” Schneider wrote before addressing the issue. “I'm sure it's just (another) coincidence. But I took this shot and I won't let anyone I know (who will listen) take it either!”

Mutombo's contemporary, former NBA star Rex Chapman, called out Schneider's heartless comments following the death of the famous basketball player.

“This is a terrible thing. Dikembe fought so hard last year. He died of brain cancer. He lived a more than dignified life,” he wrote.

“I don't see the value in doing something like this,” Chapman added in another post. “Dikembe Mutombo was one of the nicest people you will ever meet. Google him. He spread nothing but goodness in the world. In essence, things like this (above) are just malevolent.”

Online commenters did not take kindly to Schneider's remarks about Mutombo's death. Some pointed to daughter Elle King's public disavowal of her father for his political views.

Others said he was “risking someone's death to bring up this anti-vaccination thing again.” “He had brain cancer. That's because he had a great brain (unlike you),” one person said.

In a follow-up post on Oct. 1, Schneider ignored any criticism of his ill-timed comments and insisted that those upset should direct their anger at U.S. public health experts.

“Dear fake anger warriors, save your anger for the liars who promise that the jab is the only cure, that if you take the jab you won't catch or give Covid: [Joe] Biden/[Kamala] Harris, [Dr. Anthony] Fauci, [Rachel] Maddow, Pfizer, your liberal media, the cowardly teachers union masking two-year-olds, [governors] “Who closed the schools?”

There is no scientific evidence that any COVID-19 vaccine causes or causes cancer. Although vaccines have been associated with cases of anaphylaxis, myocarditis and pericarditis, these adverse outcomes are rare, according to the CDC.

Schneider's next comedy show will be in Sacramento on October 4.

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