Tim Dillon appeared in front of a projection reading: ‘UnitedHellcare CEO’. Comedian Tim Dillon appeared as the “ghost” of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson during Netflix’s Torching 2024: A Roast of the Year, less than a month after the insurance executive was murdered in Manhattan.
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The 39-year-old stand-up and podcast host appeared dressed similarly to a widely-shared photo of Thompson, 50, wearing a navy blue pullover and tan khakis. He was also wrapped in black chains and tossed orange pill bottles into the crowd, announcing: “This is fentanyl, laced with more fentanyl.”.
![[Luigi Mangione appears in Manhattan Criminal court for his arraignment on state murder and terror charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Monday, Dec. 23, 2024, in New York.]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2024/12/23/23/UnitedHealthcare-CEO-Killed_33911.jpg)
The 45-minutes special was filmed at The Bellwether in Los Angeles and is now streaming on Netflix. “I’m Brian Thompson,” announced Dillon, as the audience laughed nervously. “I’m going to hell for this... you might as well laugh.”. “I’m the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, and I understand that a lot of you are happy I’m dead,” he continued. “Yeah, I read the tweets! You don’t think they have X in hell? That’s all they have in hell! Half the people commenting on there are burning in a vat of boiling oil.
“Let me tell you, your reaction to my murder makes me sick… and not the type of sick I would immediately deny for not having the proper paperwork. You’ve gotta have the paperwork!”. Dillon went on to joke that Thompson’s last thought was: “I love my job.”.
