Just hours after Greg Giraldo passed away, one of his former Roast-mates -- Gilbert Gottfried -- was already making a joke out of the situation ... but did he go too far?! 
Earlier today, Gottfried went to his Twitter page and wrote, "If Greg Giraldo is cremated, will that be the 'Greg Giraldo Roast'?"
We spoke to Gilbert about the tweet ... who told us he has problems expressing his emotions -- but noted, "Greg can't say anything about it now ... I'm not worried about him calling and complaining."
Gilbert Gottfried
Roasts Greg Giraldo --
Too Soon?!
9/29/2010 8:43 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
Get TMZ Breaking News alerts to your inbox
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Most Recent | Next 15 Comments
PhilipMarkum
*** TRAGEDY + TIME = HUMOR. BUT GOTTFRIED FORGOT THAT NOT ENOUGH TIME HAS PASSED WHICH MAKES HIS HUMOR ****TY. GOD REST IN PEACE, GREG. WE ALL LOVE YOU. ***
Eric Uber
Greg was a comedian, he would have at least chuckled.
Phreaky
Greg was a comedian and roasts celebs. I'm sure he would 100% approve of this.
john
Gottfried is famous for doing jokes "too soon", but I think this is a fraternity of comedians thing -- sending him out with a joke.
Miss Tila Chlamydia OMGPOW!
"Greg can't say anything about it now ... I'm not worried about him calling and complaining."
______________________________________
LooooooooooooooL
Hafta admit that got me ROFL reading that with Gottfried's voice.
S
Greg would have laughed at it. It's probably fitting that Gilbert honoured his friend with a joke.
Bippy
I think that his humor is understood that is being in the same club together!!
2percent
@AJLind
He is a comedian for Christ's sake.Do you think he would want us to cry or laugh? Get over yourself and go cry into your pillow for while. I expect nothing less from Gilbert.
Machelle
Bad Joke
Resiak
He's a stand up comedian. In the world of stand up comedy there is no such thing as "too soon."
Tom
If any of you know Gilbert, this is part of his schtick. And Greg would have definitely approved!
Mark
this is why gilbert sucks. total hasbeen. stick to your shoe horn on a stick infomercial you loser. no one cares about you. why couldn't gilbert of been the one to of died? if so this article would be replaced with another lohan story.
Candi
I'm sure that's how Greg woulda wanted it. He was a comedian, you take a ****ty situation and you make people laugh and feel better. The show must go on.
Nikki
I don't think there is a better way to honor a stand-up comic than to tell a joke at their expense "too soon." Maybe horrible for an accountant or a dentist but 100% appropriate for a comic.
Dan Ursem
Greg Giraldo was notrious for making "jokes too soon" Gilbert, ****ing epic, this is coming from the same guy who had enough balls to crack a 9-11 joke at the hefner roast. It's never too soon, Greg would have done the same.