“Howard Stern gave me the best advice about Twitter and the N word. He said maybe onstage people get the intention behind the joke, but a tweet is 140 characters or less, and maybe that's why people overreact. I don't need to rustle any more feathers and lose any investors.”

American former stand-up comedian, actress, and insult comic

Lisa Lampanelli is an American former stand-up comedian, actress, and insult comic. She built her career around sharp, confrontational comedy and became known for a style that relied on roasting and blunt audience rapport. As a performer, she worked in stand-up and acting, with much of her public identity tied to insult comedy. Her material is associated with direct, unsparing humor and the kind of performance that turns personal jabs into stagecraft.