Justin Bieber To Be The Subject of The Next Comedy Central Roast

Comedy Central is turning up the heat on pop icon Justin Bieber. The network announced today that Bieber will be this year’s Roastee. The “Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber” (#BieberRoast) will tape in Los Angeles. Tape and airdate to be announced shortly.

“Justin has been asking us for a few years to roast him, and we just kept telling him to go create more source material first. We’re thrilled he listened,” said Kent Alterman, President, Content Development & Original Programming, Comedy Central.

This announcement comes on the heels of the Biebs being the butt of the joke on a popular SNL sketch this past weekend. In that sketch cast member, Kate McKinnon poked fun at his widely talked about recent Calvin Klein ads. Apparently JB can take a joke too!  He took to Twitter to express his excitement about being the target of the latest roast while also poking fun at himself.

For years I have wanted Comedy Central to roast me. They said only if I provided them w/ more material so for a year now I have worked hard

— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) January 20, 2015

Finally after all that hard work for my 21st bday it’s happening. Thanks @RyanSeacrest & @ComedyCentral for the announcement. Let’s do it 🙂

— Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) January 20, 2015

 Justin Bieber Calvin Klein Skit 

From Saturday Night Live

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