Fictional rock band Spinal Tap reunited on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Monday night and managed to work in an unexpected jab at one of President Donald Trump’s most controversial policies.
Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer appeared in character as Marty DiBergi, Nigel Tufnel, David St. Hubbins and Derek Smalls to promote “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” the long-awaited sequel to the cult 1984 mockumentary “This Is Spinal Tap.”
Talk turned to the spoof group’s backstage rider, which includes 12 packs of Dentyne Ice gum. Host Jimmy Kimmel noted that the band members’ aversion to actual ice was “something unusual to have in common.”
That set up Reiner, who has long been a fierce critic of Trump, to say as DiBergi:
“We don’t like ICE to come backstage and take anybody away from us.”
