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Left-leaning comedian labeled 'childish' by conservative Jeff Dye after insult scrawled on Tesla

First publishedAug 7, 15:36 UTC
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Comedian Jeff Dye fired back after catching fellow performer Laura Kightlinger scrawling an insult across his Tesla, blasting her conduct as "inappropriate for a 60-year-old" woman.Dye took to X Monday, where he posted snapshots from video he said was captured by his Tesla’s security cameras showing a fellow comedian he’d performed with writing an insult in the fog on his windshield."Performed on a show with a comic I’ve never met. Her name is Laura Kightlinger @KingKightlinger.

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Comedian Jeff Dye fired back after catching fellow performer Laura Kightlinger scrawling an insult across his Tesla, blasting her conduct as "inappropriate for a 60-year-old" woman.Dye took to X Monday, where he posted snapshots from video he said was captured by his Tesla’s security cameras showing a fellow comedian he’d performed with writing an insult in the fog on his windshield."Performed on a show with a comic I’ve never met. Her name is Laura Kightlinger @KingKightlinger. We didn’t talk and she left before I went up," Dye wrote, adding, "I’m assuming she didn’t know it was my Tesla she wrote ‘Douche’ on my Tesla. Strange behavior for a 60-year-old adult.

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Comedian Jeff Dye fired back after catching fellow performer Laura Kightlinger scrawling an insult across his Tesla, blasting her conduct as "inappropriate for a 60-year-old" woman.Dye took to X Monday, where he posted snapshots from video he said was captured by his Tesla’s security cameras showing a fellow comedian he’d performed with writing an insult in the fog on his windshield."Performed on a show with a comic I’ve never met. Her name is Laura Kightlinger @KingKightlinger.
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