Ken Jeong: Illin’ Like a Villain

Ken Jeong of The Hangover found his lane playing a regular dude with an irregular temper, but how does he react to real-life injustices? Say hi to the bad guy.

(Text) As told to Jack Erwin; Photography by Chirs McPherson

RACIAL INSENSITIVITY

“What? Was that a racial slur, my friend? No, I distinctly heard you saying ‘chink.’ No, no, no, you didn’t say ‘skating rink,’ you said ‘chink.’ I don’t want any of this banana smegma on my hands, so I’m just gonna drop these peels all over the place. Fuck ’em. I know this is an elderly ‘fun run’ that I happen to be walking through, I know that there are a lot of people with walkers who are going to fall, but I have my own problems. You’ve lived your life, break a hip.”