Comic says it ‘didn’t sit right' to perform

American comic John Mulaney has called off his shows in Minneapolis this weekend after ICE agents killed Renee Nicole Good in the city.

The stand-up said it ‘didn’t sit right’ to do the shows – citing safety concerns.

He wrote on Instagram: ‘To everyone in Minneapolis: My shows at the Armory this weekend will be postponed. What’s happening in your city is heartbreaking.

‘I hate to postpone shows in a town going through such awful challenges and such grief, because it feels unfair to the audience. Still, I don’t feel comfortable asking thousands of people each night to leave their homes, gather at the venue, and then make their way home when the situation is so unsafe.’

The Trump administration deployed more than 2,000 agents to the city, with protests growing over the killing of Good, a US citizen and a mother of three, including a six-year-old boy. 

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said the Trump administration is ‘already trying to spin this as an action of self-defence. Having seen the video myself, I want to tell everybody directly, that is bullshit. This was an agent recklessly using power that resulted in somebody dying.’

Vice President JD Vance called the victim ‘a deranged leftist’ and her death was her own fault.

Mulaney’s shows in Minneapolis have been rescheduled for April.

Published: 9 Jan 2026