Humorist Tim Dillon‘s wading into one of many greatest tales of 2024 … taking part in slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a Netflix particular.

Here is the deal … on Friday, Netflix is releasing “Torching 2024: A Roast of the 12 months” — a roast taking a flamethrower to among the greatest information tales from 2024 as we head into 2025.

In fact, arguably the largest story of the 12 months was the taking pictures loss of life of Thompson earlier this month … and sources accustomed to the taping inform us that Dillon and Netflix did not draw back from it.

Our sources say Tim goes on to the stage wearing a go well with — identical to Brian Thompson — with bullet wounds painted on the again. As you recognize, Thompson was shot a number of occasions within the again at simply earlier than 7 AM on December 4.

We’re instructed Dillon’s wrapped in chains onstage — form of like Marley, the primary ghost who visits Ebenezer Scrooge in “A Christmas Carol” — ‘trigger the bit is that he is getting back from Hell the place he is fairly pleased.

Thompson is initially visiting earth to offer the speech he wasn’t capable of give on the healthcare convention he was to attend earlier than the taking pictures. Nonetheless, we’re instructed Tim’s model of Thompson lays into the group and world for celebrating his homicide as an alternative.

As we reported … Luigi Mangione was arrested for the taking pictures — and he faces a number of expenses on the state and federal stage, together with first-degree homicide.

This roast comes on the heels of the success of the roast of Tom Brady … which aired again in Might to an enormous viewers on the streaming big.