At a show at University of Central Florida, Pete turned on the audience when some of the students, after specific instructions not to, were using their phones.
Now, recording a comedian is undoubtedly disrespectful, especially when they're working on new material or telling jokes that aren't for anyone other than that particular audience to see. College students now don't remember a world without the internet and most of them received phones before they were 13 years old. Telling them to put their phones away for an hour to listen to comedy is apparently a real struggle, but Pete wasn't having it last night.
Granted, this was a pretty unhinged rant. However, Pete has every right to defend the integrity of his performance by demanding students put away their phones. Was this the right way to go about it? Probably not. Is he going to get canceled for calling them r*tarded? We'll see.