He then went deep on his decision to perform in Saudi Arabia, acknowledging “I’ve been getting a lot of grief” and specifically calling out Bill Maher: “I’ve never said this publicly but fuck that guy. I’m so fucking tired of his little smug, cracker-ass commentary.”
Chappelle declared, “I don’t feel guilty at all” and continued, “These motherfuckers act like because I did a comedy festival in Saudi Arabia I somehow betrayed my principles… They said, ‘Well, Saudi Arabia killed a journalist’ and rest in peace Jamal Khashoggi. I’m sorry that he got murdered in such a heinous fashion. And also, look bro, Israel’s killed 240 journalists in the last three months so I didn’t know y’all were still counting.”
He reiterated his past statement that “it’s easier to talk in Saudi Arabia for me than it is in America,” saying he was nearly canceled in the U.S. several years ago for his jokes about the trans community. The comedian added, “But I’ve gotta tell you something — transgender jokes went over very well in Saudi Arabia,” while joking that he no longer works at Netflix and his new job is to “sit by the phone and wait for them Arabs to call me.”
Later in the show, Chappelle commented on Charlie Kirk’s assassination, saying, “This is another reason it’s hard to talk in America, because if you talk for a living and see Charlie Kirk get murdered that way, I’m gonna be honest, I was shook.” He added that when initial (later walked back) reports came out that trans messages were inscribed on the bullets shot at Kirk, “I was at home like, ‘Oh no! I’m dead as fried chicken.'” The comedian also noted that people were saying, “Charlie Kirk is this generation’s Martin Luther King. No, he’s not. That’s a reach. They both got murdered in a terrible fashion, they both got shot in the neck, but that’s about where those similarities end.”
Chappelle closed the show by telling the crowd, “D.C., no matter how much this government or anyone else puts pressure on you, keep your wits about you. I’m here just to remind you that we are a community and we will stay sane together. We will take care of each other, and we will wait” Trump out. He added that he was worried his voice would be co-opted, and wanted a code word so that he could signal to fans that people had gotten to him. “It’s got to be something that I would never say — oh, I know what the code is. The code word is, ‘I stand with Israel.'”
Later in the show, Chappelle commented on Charlie Kirk’s assassination, saying, “This is another reason it’s hard to talk in America, because if you talk for a living and see Charlie Kirk get murdered that way, I’m gonna be honest, I was shook.” He added that when initial (later walked back) reports came out that trans messages were inscribed on the bullets shot at Kirk, “I was at home like, ‘Oh no! I’m dead as fried chicken.'” The comedian also noted that people were saying, “Charlie Kirk is this generation’s Martin Luther King. No, he’s not. That’s a reach. They both got murdered in a terrible fashion, they both got shot in the neck, but that’s about where those similarities end.”
This fucking loser still wants to leave the door open to get back on the conservative grift lol.
“I was at home like, ‘Oh no! I’m dead as fried chicken.'”
a supposedly transgender shooter kills a prominent public figure in broad daylight and this mfer somehow makes it about himself
He’s wrong about all the things white libs usually get right but he’s correct about some of the things white libs get wrong. Verdict:
write better material? just find a worse audience!
The shirt that he chose to wear during the special is an odd choice. It’s a hybrid between a military camo jacket and Collin Kaepernick’s jersey. I’m not sure what “ExO STEPS” means.
It’s a hybrid between a military camo jacket and Collin Kaepernick’s jersey.
No idea what it actually means but ExO Steps would be a mid-tier mech pilot callsign.
I think he’s trying to let us know he’s about to be blackmailed
I don’t know if he is just a victim of success or what. He comes off as so thin-skinned and bitter. He’s out of touch with what’s funny, and he’s crying about it. Should have just fucking retired.
In the mid 2000s Hollywood slammed some doors in his face and the open Islamophobia and anti-blackness ticked him off, but since he’s a rich individualist all he could come up with in response, was to stew in retirement for 10 years and then returned to find the landscape changed and preceded to take it out on the rest of us
The man is utterly disconnected and atomized, plus he’s old, when your best jokes are about Bill Clinton 25 years ago, you’re cooked
It’s the Gen X curse. I don’t mean to suggest that I think that there’s a lot of validity to “generational discourse”, but it’s the only real thread that I’ve seen in Gen X’ers. They’re all thin skinned and bitter. The South Park guys are like this, Joe Rogan is like this, Dave Chappelle, I’m sure more examples come to mind fairly easily
Interesting. As an X-er myself, I’ll have to ponder.
Dave still keeping it real
Blood money? Got.
Trans people? Shat on.
Still being a piece of shit. Oh yeah it’s Chappelle time 😎
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what the fuck are you talking about
I’m guessing they’re claiming to be trans, hence “tigger.” I can see why they’re a fan of Dave
I’m guessing they’re claiming to be trans, hence “tigger.”
24·3 months agoAlso “t-word pass”
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Defending a transphobe is not enough, gotta add some racism too.
caping for people who don’t view you as human is so pathetic it’s physically nauseating. you both belong in a dumpster somewhere
Not to mention the casual n-slur wordplay.
oh god that is what that is, i’m such a dipshit i somehow didn’t make the connection. let’s upgrade that to several dumpsters in different zip codes
Fucking pathetic
No.
do you think he’s keeping it real in this article when he says he relates to Charlie Kirk, is proud of speaking in Saudi Arabia, and makes the completely bizarre move of saying performing in Saudi Arabia is fine because Israel kills more journalists (as if the Saudi ruling class wasn’t a comprador Zionist elite class that has everything in common with Israel)?
Keeping it real, shitty.
it’s been a while, didn’t dave do a sketch like “when keeping it real goes wrong”?
I DON’T LIKE PEOPLE PLAYING ON MY CHAT WEBSITE
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Yeahhhh I dunno about that homie
Nah, he’s a piece of shit.
”keeping it real”
stands with the fakest country
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