{"id":501582,"date":"2026-03-29T10:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T10:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/501582\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T10:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T10:02:14","slug":"comedian-sued-for-27m-over-circle-of-life-joke-from-chant-in-the-lion-king-msn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/501582\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian sued for $27M over &#039;Circle of Life&#039; joke from chant in &#039;The Lion King&#039; &#8211; MSN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_gFBVV95cUxPVFNKVzQ3LWlMSjV0amNBXzV6cENIT3BFQTZzSGZieW1xbThYSkdZMmZZMXNZbV9WNzU5S3JLV3I5MnE0bnlXNFJtQlk5Q3hxTk1jdzVma1MwZEpRbWV1MGJ3Nnd4cjM1NkNYdUFGdldwZGdwandldXZ1alh2V3VURkJ6cDV2MUt4N0dyNXdoSmJ1RDRZMjNXcll2T3ZUSjRSdjNQUVVwRWlPT29YY01GNnJUbnZuTDkxU0NpWlFvS01NVXU0UGM0Z19ILVVrLXJ1TzZ1Q0RWellhSEhfM1gzNlU2eEloMmprYmlmYV90ci05VWFaX3VRcXluQUZMUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Comedian sued for $27M over &#8216;Circle of Life&#8217; joke from chant in &#8216;The Lion King&#8217;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;MSN<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirgFBVV95cUxQcWdveDlVcnYyTElBYmsxTGdKd0huQXo4S1g3TGY1bEN2eURSbU9zdXNlQVpINjhkdHRsUXVIcWFqTmNzUUtVRkxCQjhHR0h1aU1yZ1RCQ2QyY1dlcGU0RzdyMmVmZG96T3piQ0pPTGJtZ1QybkhmdTNfMHlEYUJZa1BlU01DcWtyX0xfbkJBdnhMSHQ3SFdTUUpDanpQTWQ1NklDUmJaMFAzblBvVWc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lebo M sues comedian Learnmore Jonasi claiming Circle of Life misrepresentation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxNN0hoSWJXN1lYYmF1ZWs1OGZKYkFRc2xibW40cW4xVFVLd3hvWEhsRTRQTkVvODN4amZ2SnBQRE9YVm9hNkxmZzEwSjJoZjloMFQwMXJ1ZHBJXzAyeUNZTnlqbk95VmJvUVJyQkQ2UTJndXRCcHNjNmZGaTBVbkNVWTFlV0dLb09tcWZObEF1YV9aZURFQTA1ZUQ4RjllMk82dEtDTmNydFE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Composer behind &#8216;The Lion King&#8217; opening vocals sues comedian for $27M over &#8216;Circle of Life&#8217; joke<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;NBC News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiswFBVV95cUxPM051NE1oeFpzRFFUSFFGa084UmZpX3VJWkMtZEd5azNna1BKZ3ZIQkZZMHM5a252SVFlOGsxQnVjTVR3YVM1ZFlzV0VlREhyQzhQcjduV0N3aWxoaVlRWTV4cERONG92MExRM1FONmxMRThjd0pCY253b3I0a21rY3ZzWHEzZ2YwM0JMNEhON1BPX3FsODFJcVgtRkpjRWxadG9pZC1LRFBhMUNhd3FwZl9sdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Comedian faces $27m lawsuit for joking about The Lion King<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;thetimes.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxPWk9BZzhnUHRaNjlqTm55b2JFS0RWcXlfal9RMUNialJfM2FmSnpqZlVXZVJOQTFVejJiYWtkTDZvamdvX0RFbV9iZXNMT2FLbU5ob0g2aVVUWWd2Mk1wR2ozSk1WaG04TXNIMUViT1NvcmRzaHdtXzhyWnd1QndzeHdZemlLS0dIanB1UHlwWXppaWhjLUdiclFEOHNLUkoteC1ibGpjN3NXaUJWLUtYWDVqdXh2UjNBdkI5NGRYRQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Look, it&#8217;s a lawsuit!&#8217; Lion King composer sues comedian for $27 million over song translation<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Los Angeles Times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Comedian sued for $27M over &#8216;Circle of Life&#8217; joke from chant in &#8216;The Lion King&#8217;&nbsp;&nbsp;MSNLebo M sues comedian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-501582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}