Tony Hinchcliffe is not backing down.

The 40-year-old comedian kicked off the newest episode of his podcast and live show “Kill Tony” with a discussion about the daring comments he made at a rally for President-elect Donald Trump last month. He joked that Puerto Rico is a “floating island of garbage” and made additional remarks deemed racist.

“I apologize to absolutely nobody,” Hinchcliffe stated in the episode released on Monday, garnering applause from his live audience.

The recording took place just after the Trump rally at Madison Square Garden, amidst criticism directed at both Hinchcliffe and Trump for inviting him to perform. Hinchcliffe expressed his admiration for Puerto Ricans, calling them “smart enough to know when they’re being used as political pawns.”

He further argued that his joke was merely about Puerto Rico’s “current landfill issue,” suggesting that it was misunderstood because he was “the only one aware of it, unfortunately.”

During his set, Hinchcliffe told Trump supporters, “There’s literally a floating island of garbage right now in the middle of the ocean. I think that’s called Puerto Rico.”

This comment faced backlash from politicians, including Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, as well as celebrities such as Aubrey Plaza and Jennifer Lopez. Plaza, whose family hails from Puerto Rico, criticized the remark as “racist” and “disgusting” during the WSJ. Magazine’s Innovator Awards.

“Some can view this as a simple bad joke; however, for many of us, this ‘joke’ highlights the severity of Trump’s actions and how he treated our community during a crisis,” Lin-Manuel Miranda remarked on Instagram, referencing Trump’s handling of Hurricane Maria.

A senior advisor to Trump, Danielle Alvarez, previously stated that “This joke does not represent the views of President Trump or the campaign.”

On “Kill Tony,” Hinchcliffe expressed that he is “currently under fire” and called out “everyone trying to discredit me online,” asserting, “That’s my style: I go hard, and that won’t change.”

However, he did admit that the Trump rally might not have been “the most appropriate” venue for such jokes.

His set at the rally also featured a racially charged joke about celebrating Halloween with a Black friend by carving watermelons and a comment suggesting Travis Kelce “could be the next O.J. Simpson.”

Besides hosting “Kill Tony,” Hinchcliffe has been a writer for Comedy Central roasts and appeared in Netflix’s roast of Tom Brady earlier this year.

The comedian previously reacted to the backlash from the rally, stating on X that his Puerto Rico joke was “misunderstood to appear racist” and emphasized that as a comedian, he makes “jokes about everyone.”