In the show, the comedian comments on gun crime and school shootings, saying that he wants to live in a world where 'an equal amount of white kids are shot every month', with more 'white mothers on TV crying' - and an isolated clip of that quote has gone viral.

However, the already-problematic joke has been the subject of extremely unfortunate timing, as Tambourine was released at midnight on Wednesday - just hours before a massacre at a high school in Florida, which left 17 dead.