Mississauga Coun. Carolyn Parrish slammed comedian Russell Peters for his recent CNN interview, where he said he “felt more like an immigrant in Canada” than he does in the United States.

“Good to know, Sunshine! You can stay there,” Parrish replied on Twitter after the interview aired on July 16.

Peters, a comedian of Indian descent, was born in Toronto in 1970. When he was four years old, his parents moved to Brampton, where he lived most of his childhood and early adult life.

Known for using ethnic-based humour to entertain audiences in his stand-up routine, Peters has become wildly popular, appearing in a number of Hollywood major motion pictures. Last year, he earned ninth spot on Forbes magazine’s 2016 list of highest-paid comedians, with an annual income of $9 million.

“We helped him become successful by being open with his brand of humour,” said Parrish. “I was angry that he was so dismissive of the country who got him where he is.”

The interview, conducted by CNN news anchor Ana Cabrera, was centred around how Peters uses ethnicity and race in his comedy.

Cabrera asked Peters how he uses race as the hook to inspire his comedy routines.

“I don’t know if it’s a hook,” he replied. “I think it’s just the way my brain is programmed, you know, from being born in Canada and even though I was born and raised in Canada, I felt like I was treated like an immigrant the whole time, and then 11 years ago, I moved to America and now I’m actually an immigrant and feel more assimilated then I did in Canada, oddly enough.”

“I just about threw something at the TV,” Parrish remarked after hearing the interview.

Admittedly “obsessed” with U.S. politics, Parrish questioned how Peters could make that kind of statement when President Donald Trump is working to halt immigration to the United States from Muslim countries.