Los Angeles — Chuck Lorre has drawn a response from the White House after using an acceptance speech at a charity fundraiser to launch a profanity-laced attack on President Donald Trump.
Lorre, the creator of The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men, made the remarks after receiving the Founders Award at a Project Angel Food fundraiser in Los Angeles on Sept. 26.
While discussing his hopes for a government focused on compassion and the well-being of Americans, Lorre said he instead felt compelled to address Trump, referring to the president as a “bloated orange piece of s— in the White House,” according to The Daily Beast.
The White House responded several days later, with spokesperson Davis Ingle telling Fox News Digital on Saturday that Lorre should “immediately seek psychiatric help” for what Ingle described as a “severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome.”
Ingle also accused Lorre’s criticism of having “completely rotted his peanut-sized brain.”
Lorre, whose career is rooted in comedy writing, also made a dark joke about Trump’s health during the speech. He said that although he would have preferred to use the occasion to express his appreciation for people working with Project Angel Food, his profession led him to describe waking up each morning and turning on CNN to find out whether the president had suffered a heart attack while “straining to take a dump.”
Entertainment Weekly has reached out to representatives for Lorre and the White House for comment.
The latest remarks are not Lorre’s first public criticism of Trump.
During The Big Bang Theory, Lorre became known for the vanity cards that appeared at the end of episodes and frequently featured his personal observations and jokes. In 2016, one of those cards included a pointed message aimed at Trump.
“Don’t be fooled. Big Daddy can’t save us. Our salvation lies within ourselves. Within our own ingenuity and determined effort,” Lorre wrote. He also described “Make America Great Again” as “a bumper sticker for victimhood,” while arguing that Americans were not victims but creators of opportunity.
Two years later, Lorre again used a vanity card to take a veiled shot at Trump, referring to an “autocratic golf cheater” following an episode from the show’s 12th season.
The Big Bang Theory ended in 2019 after its 12th season. The series was a major success with viewers and critics, earning 10 Emmy wins from 55 nominations, and has since produced three spinoff series.
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