I don’t know - there’s nothing at all really implying “breaking up the band” from the statement - they only intermittently tour, after all. But it does seem like a needlessly firm disavowal from Black, which I think is driven by, yeah, the awful timing of the distasteful comment, even though Black knows it was an ad-lib badly chosen - but really due to Black having just hosted Biden in his L.A. fundraiser and was scheduled to do more for the campaign. Jack realized quickly that not only did the joke jeopardize his own ability to do those dates and give that help (and not even by his own choice), but that it also would allow Biden to get tarred with it by association (“Big Hollywood Biden Celeb Supporter WIshes Death On Trump” as the presumed messaging). I’m sure he was royally pissed, but not enough to end the lifelong act/partnership/friendship over.
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