Comedian Whitney Cummings has claimed that a joke she made about President Donald Trump was cut from Netflix's broadcast of the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor special honouring Bill Maher. The claim adds to a string of recent complaints from comedians and entertainers about material being censored or toned down when it comes to jokes about Trump, feeding into a wider debate about political comedy and free expression on major streaming platforms.

Cummings was one of several comedians who performed as part of the tribute to Maher, a fellow comic known for his own outspoken political commentary. Details of the specific joke and Netflix's response have not been confirmed, and neither Netflix nor the Kennedy Center, which awards the prize, has publicly addressed the claim.