{"id":609722,"date":"2026-04-27T18:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/609722\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T18:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T18:25:08","slug":"ben-stillers-knicks-tweet-causes-backlash-with-timing-to-whcd-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/609722\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Stiller\u2019s Knicks tweet causes backlash with timing to WHCD shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Stiller ruffled some feathers with his celebratory tweet after the Knicks evened their first-round playoff series with a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/26\/sports\/josh-harts-defense-was-heartbeat-of-knicks-pivotal-turnaround\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">114-98 Game 4 victory over the Hawks <\/a>on Saturday night. <\/p>\n<p>The actor wrote \u201cGot it done,\u201d in a post on X and some misinterpreted it as a reaction to the shooting that took place at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner around the same time as the game ended.<\/p>\n<p>Congresswoman\u00a0Nancy Mace\u00a0responded to Stiller\u2019s post with, \u201cGot what done?\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Ben Stiller attends Game 2 of the Knicks-Hawks Eastern Conference first-round playoff series on April 20, 2026 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.  NBAE via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Mace\u2019s post was flagged with Community Notes from X, which stated, \u201cHe was rooting on the Knicks to win their game against the Atlanta Hawks\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(They did, by the way.)\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stiller\u2019s remark came as he was already live-tweeting during the game. <\/p>\n<p>However, some believed it was a dig as he\u2019s been a vocal critic of President Trump. <\/p>\n<p>Stiller, who is a die-hard Knicks fan, has yet to address the matter directly.<\/p>\n<p>He did tweet a salute emoji on Sunday morning. <\/p>\n<p>Stiller was on Celebrity Row for the Knicks\u2019 107-106 Game 2 loss to the Hawks at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n<p>The annual White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner was disrupted Saturday night after <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/26\/us-news\/whcd-shooting-suspect-cole-allen-flooded-social-media-with-anti-trump-fury\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">suspected armed gunman,\u00a0Cole Tomas Allen, <\/a>got through a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton Hotel in D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, as well as his administration were all evacuated safety. <\/p>\n<p>First Lady Melania Trump and U.S. President Donald Trump attend of the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner April 25, 2026 in Washington, DC.  Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>One law enforcement agent was shot but not seriously injured. <\/p>\n<p>No other injuries were reported. <\/p>\n<p>Acting Attorney General\u00a0Todd Blanche\u00a0said that it appeared the suspected shooter was targeting administration officials.<\/p>\n<p>New York Knicks guard Jalen Brunson (11) shoots against Atlanta Hawks forward Mouhamed Gueye (18) during the second half of Game 4 in a first-round NBA playoffs basketball series Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Atlanta.  AP<\/p>\n<p>On the same night, Game 4 of the Knicks-Hawks playoff series was taking place at State Farm Arena in Atlanta. <\/p>\n<p>The Eastern Conference playoff series, tied at 2-2, shifts back to New York, with Game 5 set for Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. <\/p>\n<p>Game 6 will happen in Atlanta, with a Game 7, taking place in New York, if necessary,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ben Stiller ruffled some feathers with his celebratory tweet after the Knicks evened their first-round playoff series with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[264883,15819,88,355,13331,258292,361,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-609722","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-2026-white-house-correspondents-dinner-shooting","9":"tag-ben-stiller","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-nba","12":"tag-nba-playoffs","13":"tag-nba-playoffs-2026","14":"tag-new-york-knicks","15":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}