Actor T.J. Miller portrays Erlich Bachman, an over the top obnoxious character, on the HBO comedy series "Silicon Valley." Well, it turns out that perhaps his obnoxiousness wasn't all acting since the virulently anti-Trump Miller turned his political obsession into a physical assault upon an Uber driver on Friday morning for the high crime of disagreeing with him about Donald Trump. The New York Post Page Six provides some of the details of the incident:
Don’t tell T.J. Miller that Donald Trump hasn’t done anything to divide the country.
The comedian was arrested Friday morning in Hollywood after allegedly slapping an Uber driver over an argument about the president-elect, reports TMZ.
The incident occurred after the “Office Christmas Party” star left the GQ Men of the Year party at the storied Chateau Marmont. The actor allegedly slapped the driver’s head when they reached his house, a law enforcement source told the website.
The LAPD said Miller was arrested for battery shortly after 1 a.m. Police said the driver made a citizen’s arrest.
The “Silicon Valley” star was released on his own recognizance and ordered to appear in court on Jan. 9.
Miller's Trump derangement is well known. On Conan he even attempted to burn a Trump tie but had to settle for just stomping on it in frustration when it proved to be pretty much not flammable as you can see.
Last July Miller, with no sense of self-aware irony, tweeted that Trump is a madman and lunatic:
Let's stop this nonsense. Trump is a madman. He's a lunatic. He'll ruin us globally. Let's fuck him up in November.https://t.co/cqDuWwaI6k
— t.j. miller (@nottjmiller) July 13, 2016
One reason for Miller's anger, other than Trump's election victory, might have been that he read some of the horrible reviews of his latest film, "Office Christmas Party," which was released Friday. Here is a sampling from Rotten Tomatoes:
Yet another reminder that allowing your cast to madly improvise instead of actually providing a coherent script with a scintilla of logic often leads to a decline in sustained laughter.
A joyless, laughless - that's right, not even one laugh - affair that proves how indulgent and (worse) boring ensemble comedies such as this become when the ensemble has next to no natural chemistry and even less of a script to riff off of.
Like most office Christmas parties, you should skip it.
Office Christmas Party is the equivalent of a major league baseball team that has an all-star at every position -- but finishes in last place.
Exit question: Has T.J. Miller managed to become even more obnoxious than the Erlich Bachman character he portrays on HBO?
