Ann Coulter wrote her own material for Rob Lowe roast: Comedy Central writer Mike Lawrence

Ann Coulter’s jokes on Comedy Central’s Labor Day roast of Rob Lowe did not go over that well with the audience. But writers for the cable network blamed the conservative pundit for that, saying in a Facebook Live post-show commentary that she rejected the jokes they wrote for her, Entertainment Weekly reported on Tuesday morning.

“We wrote her a lot of jokes. She does not understand humor or joy,” complained comedian Mike Lawrence. “She turned them down and decided — most of what you saw was her own stuff.”

Mr. Lawrence played a few jokes from Ms. Coulter’s set — including a dud involving a play on comedian David Spade’s last name with a racist slur for blacks — before reading some of the jokes the network’s writers had written for her.

“Rob Lowe is like America: He hasn’t been great since Reagan was president and unemployment is becoming more and more of a problem for him,” Mr. Lawrence read from a sheet of paper as he handled a puppet made up to represent Ms. Coulter.

“She’s just so unlikable, too,” complained co-host Earl Skakel. “Even some of the jokes that bombed, which were all of them, you know, you might have given her a pass if she was just a smidge likable.”

“Yeah, she didn’t want to be self-aware, like she didn’t know what the rest of the room thought of her,” Mr. Lawrence said. 

“Oh, I think she did after the first three jokes flatlined,” Mr. Skakel replied. “I mean, Hitler was more likable.”