The ntroversy over Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special “The Closer” illtrat how ridiculo Chappelle’s claims to be a victim of ‘ncel culture’ really are, wr cric Clay Cane, who says that the realy he liv every day - beg both Black and gay - is what seems most absent om Chappelle’s edy, which seems to treat the inti as beg mutually exclive.
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- WHAT IS DAVE CHAPPELLE’S PROBLEM WH GAY PEOPLE?
- WHAT IS DAVE CHAPPELLE’S PROBLEM WH GAY PEOPLE?
- DAVE CHAPPELLE "CAME OUT" AS GAY. LET THE BACKLASH BEG.IN A NEW CLIP OF THE EDIAN ACCEPTG THE MARK TWA PRIZE, HE JOK HOW HE N'T WA TO SEE WHAT BEG GAY DO FOR HIS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEJANUARY 9, 2020/2:20 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3141PX;WIDTH:4897PX;}EVELYN HOCKSTE/FOR THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGWASHINGTON,DC-OCT27: DAVE CHAPPELLE DURG THE MARK TWA AWARD AT THE KENNEDY CENTER. (PHOTO BY EVELYN HOCKSTE/FOR THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAG)BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEJANUARY 9, 2020 / 2:20 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAVE CHAPPELLE \"CAME OUT\" AS GAY. LET THE BACKLASH BEG.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-01-09T19:20:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-01-09T19:20:41.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVE CHAPPELLE WAS AWARD THE MARK TWA PRIZE FOR HUMOR BACK OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, BUT PBS BROADSTED THE CEREMONY ON TUDAY. IT CLUD THE EDIAN'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH—ALONG WH A G-OUT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHAPPELLE SPOKE SCERELY ABOUT HIS LOVE OF STAND-UP EDY AS AN ART FORM, AND HOW HE WOULD "FIGHT ANYBODY" WHO GETS THE WAY OF "A TE PRACTNER" OF SAID ART FORM BEE HE KNOWS THE CRICS ARE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THIS IS THE TTH AND YOU ARE OBSTCTG ," CHAPPELLE EXPLAED. "I'M NOT TALKG ABOUT THE NTENT, I'M TALKG ABOUT THE ART FORM."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THEN HE MA A SHOCKG "ANNOUNCEMENT."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"AND WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO SAY, AND I'M GLAD I GET THE PLATFORM TO DO : I'M GAY," CHAPPELLE SAID. "I AM GAY AND I N'T WA TO SEE WHAT THIS DO FOR MY REER, BEG GAY LIKE THIS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}OF URSE, CHAPPELLE WAS JT JOKG, BUT WHAT EXACTLY WOULD BEG GAY DO FOR HIS REER? HE'D PROBABLY BE THE BUTT (PUN DLY TEND) OF ANY NUMBER OF JOK BY HIS FELLOW EDIANS, OR HE'D BE APPLD FOR BEG BRAVE. OR, BEE 'S 2020 AND WE HOPE TO BELIEVE BETTER ANGELS, NOTHG AT ALL WOULD HAPPEN. AND WHAT ULD HAPPEN TO HIM AT THIS POT, AFTER HAVG RECEIVED THE HIGHT AWARD FOR AN ART FORM HE LOV SO?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MARK TWA PRIZE REGNIZ EDIANS WHO HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON AMERIN SOCIETY, WH PAST WNERS CLUDG RICHARD PRYOR (1998), WHOOPI GOLDBERG (2001), LILY TOML (2003), TA FEY (2010), ELLEN DEGENER (2012), CAROL BURT (2013), EDDIE MURPHY (2015), AND LAST YEAR'S RECIPIENT, JULIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS W PUTS CHAPPELLE SOME TEEMED PANY, AND AMONG ALL STAND-UP EDIANS—BOTH ALIVE AND AD—HE'S REGARD AS, IF NOT THE BT, ONE OF THE BT. HIS "G-OUT" WAS MOST LIKELY A RPONSE TO THE FLACK HE'S GOTTEN FOR HIS PREV NETFLIX SPECIALS AND STAND-UP ROUT, WHICH FEATURED JOK HE'S MA ABOUT THE LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NIGHT BEFORE HE RECEIVED THE PRIZE, CHAPPELLE PERFORMED A SET AT THE CLUB WHERE ALL STARTED, THE DC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE FIRST SHOW THIS VERY ROOM, I WAS THE FIRST EDIAN ON STAGE. IT WAS ME, A GUY NAMED BRIAN REGAN, AND SOME DYKE NAMED ELLEN DEGENER," CHAPPELLE BEGAN. "WE DIDN’T KNOW SHE WAS GAY BACK THEN. WE WERE ALL TRYG TO GET SOME PSY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNOWG FULL WELL THAT LLG ELLEN A "DYKE" IS THE KD OF PROVOTN THAT HE URTS AND SOMETIM CRAV, CHAPPELLE THEN LNCHED TO A SPIEL ABOUT EDY'S SIGNIFINCE TO OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“OH, I’M SORRY! I THOUGHT THIS WAS A EDY CLUB," HE NTUED. "LADI AND GENTLEMEN, THIS MIGHT BE AMERI’S LAST SAFE PLACE TO SAY WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE SAYG, AND LGH AT WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE LGHG [AT]. THIS IS SACRED GROUND.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE MAY BE RIGHT. THE GREAT THG ABOUT AMERI IS THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SAY WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE SAYG, AND YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO LGH AT WHAT YOU THK IS FUNNY. AND NVERSELY, YOU N NOT LGH AT WHAT YOU DON'T FD FUNNY AT ALL. MAYBE YOU JT FD CHAPPELLE'S EQUENT JABS AT THE GAYS TO BE EASY, OR LAZY, OR OFFENSIVE, OR JT PLA UNNECSARY. HE'S NOT WRONG, YOU'RE NOT WRONG. BUT THE POT OF ALL IS, N THIS SOME WAY START A NVERSATN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REGARDLS, DAVE CHAPPELLE HAS THE RIGHT TO SAY WHAT HE FEELS, JT AS HIS DIENCE HAS THE RIGHT TO TERPRET WHAT HE SAYS AS THEY SEE F. SACRED GROUND OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
- DAVE CHAPPELLE SAYS HE’S A TERF AND IS QUTG LGBTQ JOK NETFLIX’S ‘THE CLOSER’HUH?!THE EDY GREAT’S NTH STAND-UP SPECIAL—AND SIXTH FOR NETFLIX—IS HIS MOST CENDIARY, TROUBLG, AND UNAPOLOGETIC ONE YET. MARLOW STERNUPDATED OCT. 05, 2021 6:29PM EDT / PUBLISHED OCT. 05, 2021 5:23AM EDT NETFLIXIN THE EARLY HOURS OF TUDAY MORNG, DAVE CHAPPELLE DROPPED THE CLOSER, HIS NTH STANDUP SPECIAL OVERALL (AND SIXTH FOR NETFLIX). THE HOUR-LONG SET WAS RERD AT THE FILLMORE DETRO AUGT OF THIS YEAR.“EVERYONE HAVE A SEAT, BE FORTABLE, RELAX. I GOTTA TELL YA… LET’S GO, LET’S GO,” CHAPPELLE, SPORTG A PERFECTLY MANICURED SU AND WHE SNEAKERS, TELLS THE R CROWD AT THE START.THE 48-YEAR-OLD EDY LEGEND THEN ADDS, “I NEED YOU GUYS TO KNOW SOMETHG, AND I’M GONNA TELL YOU THE TTH, AND DON’T GET EAKED OUT: THIS IS GOG TO BE MY LAST SPECIAL FOR A MUTE,” LATER EXPLAG THAT THE CLOSER WILL PLETE HIS “BODY OF WORK” FOR THE STREAMG GIANT.ONCE THE APPLSE DI DOWN, CHAPPELLE DIV , TACKLG THE COVID-19 EPIMIC AND HIS OWN BATTLE WH THE ADLY VIS AFTER HE NTRACTED BACK JANUARY. “I DON’T WANT YOU TO WORRY ABOUT ME. I’M VACCATED. I GOT THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCE. I GOTTA ADM, THAT’S PROBABLY THE MOST N-----ISH CISN I’VE MA A LONG TIME. I WALKED THE DOC LIKE, ‘GIVE ME THE THIRD BT OPTN! I’LL HAVE WHAT THE HOMELS PEOPLE ARE HAV’!’ SO FAR SO GOOD!” “I DON’T KNOW IF YOU HEARD ON THE NEWS: I DID GET RONAVIS—AND WAS SOMETHG ELSE,” HE NTU. “I FELT DIRTY. I FELT GROSS. BEE I HAD BEEN WALKG AROUND TEXAS JT TOUCHG DOORKNOBS AND SH, HANDS ALL MOIST, TIPPG N----S WH SH. HERE, TAKE THIS TO YOUR FAY. I MT HAVE KILLED THOANDS OF PEOPLE JT TRYG TO GET TONIGHT’S SHOW TOGETHER, SO I HOPE YOU APPRECIATE .”CHAPPELLE FURTHER ADMS THAT HE “DIDN’T GET SICK AT ALL” OM NTRACTG COVID, LLG HIMSELF “THE MAGIC JOHNSON OF RONAVIS,” BUT THAT HE DID GET STRSED OUT BY WATCHG SO MANY VIOS OF BLACK PEOPLE BEATG UP ASIANS ON THE STREETS DURG THE PANMIC—BEFORE CRACKG, “I ULDN’T HELP BUT FEEL LIKE, WHEN I SAW THE BROTHERS BEATG THE ASIANS UP, THAT’S PROBABLY WHAT’S HAPPENG SI OF MY BODY.” OVER THE URSE OF THE CLOSER, WHICH WAS DIRECTED BY EMMY-WNER STAN LATHAN, WHO’S SHOT ALL OF CHAPPELLE’S NETFLIX SPECIALS, THE IC WEIGHS ON ISSU OF RACISM, DISCRIMATN, SEXUALY, AND GENR INTY, OFTEN FDG HIMSELF PTG THE STGGLE FOR BLACK LIBERATN AGAST THE LGBTQ AND FEMIST MOVEMENTS, AS HE’S DONE REPEATEDLY THE PAST.ADDRSG “THE LBGTQ [SIC] MUNY DIRECTLY,” CHAPPELLE SAYS THAT HE PEACE WHILE WISHG TO “NEGOTIATE THE RELEASE OF DABABY”—THE CHART-TOPPG RAPPER WHO MA SOME HOMOPHOBIC MENTS DURG HIS SET AT MIAMI’S ROLLG LOUD FTIVAL BACK JULY—BEFORE EXPRSG HOW JEALO HE IS OF THE PROGRS THAT THE LGBTQ MUNY HAS MA PARED TO BLACK PEOPLE, AND REUNTG THE TIME A GAY WHE MAN LLED THE POLICE ON HIM AT AFTER CHAPPELLE NONTED THE MAN ABOUT FILMG HIM AND HIS WIFE BAR. HE THEN CLUMSILY SEGU TO A TROUBLG STORY ABOUT A SUPPOSED CINT WHICH HE SAYS HE BEAT UP A BUTCH LBIAN WOMAN FOR THROWG A PUNCH AT HIM (THE WOMAN LATER, HE CLAIMS, TRIED TO SELL THE STORY TO TMZ): “I’M GLAD TMZ DIDN’T BELIEVE THAT—BEE I DID BEAT THE SH OUT OF HER. I’M NOT GONNA LIE. IT WAS HER FLT. I HAD NO CHOICE.”THERE’S MORE, OF URSE, CLUDG CHAPPELLE WEIGHG ON THE “ANNOYG AS FUCK” (HIS WORDS) WAYS HOLLYWOOD’S WHE WOMEN HAVE HANDLED THE #METOO MOVEMENT, ARGUG THE ON WAS SOMEHOW ON WESTE’S A-LIST VICTIMS TO HIRE UNRLGS AS AGENTS ORR TO PROTECT EVERYONE OM HIS ABE, AND HOW THE TRANSGENR MUNY “WANT ME AD” FOR HIS HAB OF PERFORMG TRANSPHOBIC JOK, OFFERG UP AS EVINCE A FEW TIM ANGRY TRANSGENR PEOPLE OR ALLI HAVE GOTTEN HIS FACE OVER SAID JOK.“ANY OF YOU WHO HAVE EVER WATCHED ME KNOW THAT I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WH TRANSGENR PEOPLE. IF YOU LISTEN TO WHAT I’M SAYG, CLEARLY, MY PROBLEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN WH WHE PEOPLE,” HE MATAS. CHAPPELLE THEN TRI TO NVCE THE DIENCE— THE CROWD AND AT HOME—THAT HE’S NEVER MA ANY EXPLICLY ANTI-TRANSGENR JOK, REQUTG THAT THE DIENCE “GO BACK” AND REVIS HIS SPECIALS. (HE MOST CERTALY HAS, AND YOU N READ THE GREAT TRANS WRER SAMANTHA ALLEN ON HERE.) HE FENDS J.K. ROWLG AGAST BEG “NCELED” OVER HER TRANSPHOBIC REMARKS (WHICH HE EPLY MISREPRENTS), BEFORE SAYG, “I’M TEAM TERF!”—THE TERM FOR TRANS-EXCLNARY RADIL FEMIST, OR FEMISTS WHO ARE TRANSPHOBIC AND DO NOT BELIEVE TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN. “GENR IS A FACT,” HE REASONS. “EVERY HUMAN BEG THIS ROOM, EVERY HUMAN BEG ON EARTH, HAD TO PASS THROUGH THE LEGS OF A WOMAN TO BE ON EARTH. THAT IS A FACT. NOW, I AM NOT SAYG THAT TO SAY TRANS WOMEN AREN’T WOMEN, I AM JT SAYG THAT THOSE PSI THAT THEY GOT… YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I’M NOT SAYG ’S NOT PSY, BUT ’S BEYOND PSY OR IMPOSSIBLE PSY. IT TAST LIKE PSY, BUT THAT’S NOT QUE WHAT IS, IS ? THAT’S NOT BLOOD. THAT’S BEET JUICE.” (CHAPPELLE’S ANTI-TRANS JOK HAVE OFTEN BOILED DOWN TO HUMAN ANATOMY, WHICH SHOWS HOW UNNUANCED HIS VIEWS ARE ON THE SUBJECT.)HE LATER TRI TO QUALIFY THIS MATERIAL BY TELLG A STORY ABOUT DAPHNE DORMAN, A WHE TRANSGENR WOMAN WHO LOVED HIS TRANS JOK AND WHOM CHAPPELLE BEIEND BEFORE SHE TOOK HER OWN LIFE OCTOBER 2019, SHORTLY AFTER HE’D GIVEN HER A SHOUTOUT HIS NETFLIX SPECIAL STICKS & STON. CHAPPELLE REVEALS THAT HE’S STARTED A TST FUND TO PAY FOR DAPHNE’S DGHTER’S LLEGE TN, AND THAT HE WON’T BE DOG ANY MORE LGBTQ JOK “UNTIL WE ARE BOTH SURE THAT WE ARE LGHG TOGETHER. I’M TELLG YOU, ’S DONE. I’M DONE TALKG ABOUT . ALL I ASK OF YOUR MUNY, WH ALL HUY: WILL YOU PLEASE STOP PUNCHG DOWN ON MY PEOPLE.” HERE, CHAPPELLE IS REFERRG TO THE BLACK MEN HE’S PREVLY CED THE CLOSER—DABABY, KEV HART, AND HIMSELF—WHO HAVE BEEN, HIS EY, VICTIMIZED (TRANSLATN: MISSED OUT ON SOME JOB OPPORTUNI, WHILE REMAG VERY RICH AND POPULAR) BY THE LGBTQ MUNY FOR TELLG TRANSPHOBIC AND HOMOPHOBIC JOK, OR MAKG HOMOPHOBIC MENTS, AND IALLY REFG TO APOLOGIZE FOR THEM. WH THAT, HE TOSSED THE MIC, DRANK THE APPLSE, AND WALKED OFFSTAGE. MARLOW STERN
WHAT IS DAVE CHAPPELLE’S PROBLEM WH GAY PEOPLE?
Dave Chapelle didn’t jt offend the LGBTQ muny wh his latt standup special. He betrayed the legacy of the Black ic tradn he hered. Some of the most inic Black edians were eher gay or affirmed them their performanc. * dave chappelle on gays *
-based LGBTQ+ edians — Tuday Thomas, who is trans, Deven Bouchet, who is lbian, and Billy McCartney, who is gay — to get their take on whether Chappelle was punchg down or if his jok about their muny need some punchg up.
And I jt got real tough sk when to ics and them sayg thgs and I’m not easily offend — that’s g om a person who has been gay-bashed on more than one ocsn. It’s not like he’s out there physilly beatg up on gay people.
WHAT IS DAVE CHAPPELLE’S PROBLEM WH GAY PEOPLE?
In a new clip of the edian acceptg the Mark Twa Prize, he jok how he n't wa to see what beg gay do for his reer. * dave chappelle on gays *
So I unrstand certa parts of the gay muny beg upset, but I’m Black, I’m a female, and I’m a edian, and I’m not easily he said at the end was tertg when he said that he wasn’t tellg any more trans jok until, until I gus he built the bridge, or built the relatnship wh , bee he’s got so many people mad at him. Especially the first half I thk my favore joke the whole special is when he talks at the begng about whe gays who are a mory, until they need to be whe aga.
When that joke happened I was like, “Oh no, I’m wrong about this whole thg” — I love that joke bee ’s a pot that we need to make the gay muny. And when some of the jok got more transphobic and more homophobic, soured the jok that I liked earlier on the special. It was like was like yeah, ma me be like “I wish the joke about whe gays llg the ps was told by a gay edian now.
DAVE CHAPPELLE "CAME OUT" AS GAY. LET THE BACKLASH BEG.IN A NEW CLIP OF THE EDIAN ACCEPTG THE MARK TWA PRIZE, HE JOK HOW HE N'T WA TO SEE WHAT BEG GAY DO FOR HIS {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}CELEBRIBY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEJANUARY 9, 2020/2:20 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:3141PX;WIDTH:4897PX;}EVELYN HOCKSTE/FOR THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAGWASHINGTON,DC-OCT27: DAVE CHAPPELLE DURG THE MARK TWA AWARD AT THE KENNEDY CENTER. (PHOTO BY EVELYN HOCKSTE/FOR THE WASHGTON POST VIA GETTY IMAG)BY LTER FABIAN BRATHWAEJANUARY 9, 2020 / 2:20 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"DAVE CHAPPELLE \"CAME OUT\" AS GAY. LET THE BACKLASH BEG.","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2020-01-09T19:20:41.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2020-01-09T19:20:41.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LTER FABIAN BRATHWAE","ARTICLESECTN":"CELEBRI"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DAVE CHAPPELLE WAS AWARD THE MARK TWA PRIZE FOR HUMOR BACK OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR, BUT PBS BROADSTED THE CEREMONY ON TUDAY. IT CLUD THE EDIAN'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH—ALONG WH A G-OUT OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHAPPELLE SPOKE SCERELY ABOUT HIS LOVE OF STAND-UP EDY AS AN ART FORM, AND HOW HE WOULD "FIGHT ANYBODY" WHO GETS THE WAY OF "A TE PRACTNER" OF SAID ART FORM BEE HE KNOWS THE CRICS ARE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THIS IS THE TTH AND YOU ARE OBSTCTG ," CHAPPELLE EXPLAED. 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OR, BEE 'S 2020 AND WE HOPE TO BELIEVE BETTER ANGELS, NOTHG AT ALL WOULD HAPPEN. AND WHAT ULD HAPPEN TO HIM AT THIS POT, AFTER HAVG RECEIVED THE HIGHT AWARD FOR AN ART FORM HE LOV SO?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE MARK TWA PRIZE REGNIZ EDIANS WHO HAVE HAD AN IMPACT ON AMERIN SOCIETY, WH PAST WNERS CLUDG RICHARD PRYOR (1998), WHOOPI GOLDBERG (2001), LILY TOML (2003), TA FEY (2010), ELLEN DEGENER (2012), CAROL BURT (2013), EDDIE MURPHY (2015), AND LAST YEAR'S RECIPIENT, JULIA {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HIS W PUTS CHAPPELLE SOME TEEMED PANY, AND AMONG ALL STAND-UP EDIANS—BOTH ALIVE AND AD—HE'S REGARD AS, IF NOT THE BT, ONE OF THE BT. HIS "G-OUT" WAS MOST LIKELY A RPONSE TO THE FLACK HE'S GOTTEN FOR HIS PREV NETFLIX SPECIALS AND STAND-UP ROUT, WHICH FEATURED JOK HE'S MA ABOUT THE LGBTQ {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NIGHT BEFORE HE RECEIVED THE PRIZE, CHAPPELLE PERFORMED A SET AT THE CLUB WHERE ALL STARTED, THE DC {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"THE FIRST SHOW THIS VERY ROOM, I WAS THE FIRST EDIAN ON STAGE. IT WAS ME, A GUY NAMED BRIAN REGAN, AND SOME DYKE NAMED ELLEN DEGENER," CHAPPELLE BEGAN. "WE DIDN’T KNOW SHE WAS GAY BACK THEN. WE WERE ALL TRYG TO GET SOME PSY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;POSN:RELATIVE;PADDG-BOTTOM:56.49999999999999%;} .TWTER-TWEET-RENRED, {M-WIDTH:65%;WIDTH:TO !IMPORTANT;} {WIDTH:100%;} {MARG-LEFT:TO !IMPORTANT;MARG-RIGHT:TO !IMPORTANT;} IMG{MAX-WIDTH:100%;WIDTH:100%;} > IAME{BORR:NONE;MAX-WIDTH:100%;} > *{MAX-WIDTH:NONE !IMPORTANT;POSN:ABSOLUTE;HEIGHT:100% !IMPORTANT;WIDTH:100% !IMPORTANT;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KNOWG FULL WELL THAT LLG ELLEN A "DYKE" IS THE KD OF PROVOTN THAT HE URTS AND SOMETIM CRAV, CHAPPELLE THEN LNCHED TO A SPIEL ABOUT EDY'S SIGNIFINCE TO OUR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“OH, I’M SORRY! I THOUGHT THIS WAS A EDY CLUB," HE NTUED. "LADI AND GENTLEMEN, THIS MIGHT BE AMERI’S LAST SAFE PLACE TO SAY WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE SAYG, AND LGH AT WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE LGHG [AT]. THIS IS SACRED GROUND.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HE MAY BE RIGHT. THE GREAT THG ABOUT AMERI IS THAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO SAY WHAT YOU FEEL LIKE SAYG, AND YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO LGH AT WHAT YOU THK IS FUNNY. AND NVERSELY, YOU N NOT LGH AT WHAT YOU DON'T FD FUNNY AT ALL. MAYBE YOU JT FD CHAPPELLE'S EQUENT JABS AT THE GAYS TO BE EASY, OR LAZY, OR OFFENSIVE, OR JT PLA UNNECSARY. HE'S NOT WRONG, YOU'RE NOT WRONG. BUT THE POT OF ALL IS, N THIS SOME WAY START A NVERSATN?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REGARDLS, DAVE CHAPPELLE HAS THE RIGHT TO SAY WHAT HE FEELS, JT AS HIS DIENCE HAS THE RIGHT TO TERPRET WHAT HE SAYS AS THEY SEE F. SACRED GROUND OR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Poet Saeed Jon ed to nsir himself a longtime fan of the edian. But Chappelle’s new Netflix special “The Closer,” which fixat on gay and trans people, feels like a stab the back. * dave chappelle on gays *
But then there’s ltle thgs he do where he has this hypothetil argument wh a trans woman a club, and he talks about how she’s got two gay Black men wh her, and she talks about stgglg for s and he talks about stgglg for centuri, and there’s multiple tim where ’s almost like he’s tryg to p queer people agast Black people to prove who has suffered the most. In that suatn as soon as the trans woman was g at him for his opns, he was lookg at the gay Black man, like, “Are you gog to do anythg? ” as if he n’t be Black and gay, they have to make a choice right then.
DAVE CHAPPELLE SAYS HE’S A TERF AND IS QUTG LGBTQ JOK NETFLIX’S ‘THE CLOSER’HUH?!THE EDY GREAT’S NTH STAND-UP SPECIAL—AND SIXTH FOR NETFLIX—IS HIS MOST CENDIARY, TROUBLG, AND UNAPOLOGETIC ONE YET. MARLOW STERNUPDATED OCT. 05, 2021 6:29PM EDT / PUBLISHED OCT. 05, 2021 5:23AM EDT NETFLIXIN THE EARLY HOURS OF TUDAY MORNG, DAVE CHAPPELLE DROPPED THE CLOSER, HIS NTH STANDUP SPECIAL OVERALL (AND SIXTH FOR NETFLIX). THE HOUR-LONG SET WAS RERD AT THE FILLMORE DETRO AUGT OF THIS YEAR.“EVERYONE HAVE A SEAT, BE FORTABLE, RELAX. I GOTTA TELL YA… LET’S GO, LET’S GO,” CHAPPELLE, SPORTG A PERFECTLY MANICURED SU AND WHE SNEAKERS, TELLS THE R CROWD AT THE START.THE 48-YEAR-OLD EDY LEGEND THEN ADDS, “I NEED YOU GUYS TO KNOW SOMETHG, AND I’M GONNA TELL YOU THE TTH, AND DON’T GET EAKED OUT: THIS IS GOG TO BE MY LAST SPECIAL FOR A MUTE,” LATER EXPLAG THAT THE CLOSER WILL PLETE HIS “BODY OF WORK” FOR THE STREAMG GIANT.ONCE THE APPLSE DI DOWN, CHAPPELLE DIV , TACKLG THE COVID-19 EPIMIC AND HIS OWN BATTLE WH THE ADLY VIS AFTER HE NTRACTED BACK JANUARY. “I DON’T WANT YOU TO WORRY ABOUT ME. I’M VACCATED. I GOT THE JOHNSON & JOHNSON VACCE. I GOTTA ADM, THAT’S PROBABLY THE MOST N-----ISH CISN I’VE MA A LONG TIME. I WALKED THE DOC LIKE, ‘GIVE ME THE THIRD BT OPTN! I’LL HAVE WHAT THE HOMELS PEOPLE ARE HAV’!’ SO FAR SO GOOD!” “I DON’T KNOW IF YOU HEARD ON THE NEWS: I DID GET RONAVIS—AND WAS SOMETHG ELSE,” HE NTU. “I FELT DIRTY. I FELT GROSS. BEE I HAD BEEN WALKG AROUND TEXAS JT TOUCHG DOORKNOBS AND SH, HANDS ALL MOIST, TIPPG N----S WH SH. HERE, TAKE THIS TO YOUR FAY. I MT HAVE KILLED THOANDS OF PEOPLE JT TRYG TO GET TONIGHT’S SHOW TOGETHER, SO I HOPE YOU APPRECIATE .”CHAPPELLE FURTHER ADMS THAT HE “DIDN’T GET SICK AT ALL” OM NTRACTG COVID, LLG HIMSELF “THE MAGIC JOHNSON OF RONAVIS,” BUT THAT HE DID GET STRSED OUT BY WATCHG SO MANY VIOS OF BLACK PEOPLE BEATG UP ASIANS ON THE STREETS DURG THE PANMIC—BEFORE CRACKG, “I ULDN’T HELP BUT FEEL LIKE, WHEN I SAW THE BROTHERS BEATG THE ASIANS UP, THAT’S PROBABLY WHAT’S HAPPENG SI OF MY BODY.” OVER THE URSE OF THE CLOSER, WHICH WAS DIRECTED BY EMMY-WNER STAN LATHAN, WHO’S SHOT ALL OF CHAPPELLE’S NETFLIX SPECIALS, THE IC WEIGHS ON ISSU OF RACISM, DISCRIMATN, SEXUALY, AND GENR INTY, OFTEN FDG HIMSELF PTG THE STGGLE FOR BLACK LIBERATN AGAST THE LGBTQ AND FEMIST MOVEMENTS, AS HE’S DONE REPEATEDLY THE PAST.ADDRSG “THE LBGTQ [SIC] MUNY DIRECTLY,” CHAPPELLE SAYS THAT HE PEACE WHILE WISHG TO “NEGOTIATE THE RELEASE OF DABABY”—THE CHART-TOPPG RAPPER WHO MA SOME HOMOPHOBIC MENTS DURG HIS SET AT MIAMI’S ROLLG LOUD FTIVAL BACK JULY—BEFORE EXPRSG HOW JEALO HE IS OF THE PROGRS THAT THE LGBTQ MUNY HAS MA PARED TO BLACK PEOPLE, AND REUNTG THE TIME A GAY WHE MAN LLED THE POLICE ON HIM AT AFTER CHAPPELLE NONTED THE MAN ABOUT FILMG HIM AND HIS WIFE BAR. HE THEN CLUMSILY SEGU TO A TROUBLG STORY ABOUT A SUPPOSED CINT WHICH HE SAYS HE BEAT UP A BUTCH LBIAN WOMAN FOR THROWG A PUNCH AT HIM (THE WOMAN LATER, HE CLAIMS, TRIED TO SELL THE STORY TO TMZ): “I’M GLAD TMZ DIDN’T BELIEVE THAT—BEE I DID BEAT THE SH OUT OF HER. I’M NOT GONNA LIE. IT WAS HER FLT. I HAD NO CHOICE.”THERE’S MORE, OF URSE, CLUDG CHAPPELLE WEIGHG ON THE “ANNOYG AS FUCK” (HIS WORDS) WAYS HOLLYWOOD’S WHE WOMEN HAVE HANDLED THE #METOO MOVEMENT, ARGUG THE ON WAS SOMEHOW ON WESTE’S A-LIST VICTIMS TO HIRE UNRLGS AS AGENTS ORR TO PROTECT EVERYONE OM HIS ABE, AND HOW THE TRANSGENR MUNY “WANT ME AD” FOR HIS HAB OF PERFORMG TRANSPHOBIC JOK, OFFERG UP AS EVINCE A FEW TIM ANGRY TRANSGENR PEOPLE OR ALLI HAVE GOTTEN HIS FACE OVER SAID JOK.“ANY OF YOU WHO HAVE EVER WATCHED ME KNOW THAT I HAVE NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WH TRANSGENR PEOPLE. IF YOU LISTEN TO WHAT I’M SAYG, CLEARLY, MY PROBLEM HAS ALWAYS BEEN WH WHE PEOPLE,” HE MATAS. CHAPPELLE THEN TRI TO NVCE THE DIENCE— THE CROWD AND AT HOME—THAT HE’S NEVER MA ANY EXPLICLY ANTI-TRANSGENR JOK, REQUTG THAT THE DIENCE “GO BACK” AND REVIS HIS SPECIALS. (HE MOST CERTALY HAS, AND YOU N READ THE GREAT TRANS WRER SAMANTHA ALLEN ON HERE.) HE FENDS J.K. ROWLG AGAST BEG “NCELED” OVER HER TRANSPHOBIC REMARKS (WHICH HE EPLY MISREPRENTS), BEFORE SAYG, “I’M TEAM TERF!”—THE TERM FOR TRANS-EXCLNARY RADIL FEMIST, OR FEMISTS WHO ARE TRANSPHOBIC AND DO NOT BELIEVE TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN. “GENR IS A FACT,” HE REASONS. “EVERY HUMAN BEG THIS ROOM, EVERY HUMAN BEG ON EARTH, HAD TO PASS THROUGH THE LEGS OF A WOMAN TO BE ON EARTH. THAT IS A FACT. NOW, I AM NOT SAYG THAT TO SAY TRANS WOMEN AREN’T WOMEN, I AM JT SAYG THAT THOSE PSI THAT THEY GOT… YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I’M NOT SAYG ’S NOT PSY, BUT ’S BEYOND PSY OR IMPOSSIBLE PSY. IT TAST LIKE PSY, BUT THAT’S NOT QUE WHAT IS, IS ? THAT’S NOT BLOOD. THAT’S BEET JUICE.” (CHAPPELLE’S ANTI-TRANS JOK HAVE OFTEN BOILED DOWN TO HUMAN ANATOMY, WHICH SHOWS HOW UNNUANCED HIS VIEWS ARE ON THE SUBJECT.)HE LATER TRI TO QUALIFY THIS MATERIAL BY TELLG A STORY ABOUT DAPHNE DORMAN, A WHE TRANSGENR WOMAN WHO LOVED HIS TRANS JOK AND WHOM CHAPPELLE BEIEND BEFORE SHE TOOK HER OWN LIFE OCTOBER 2019, SHORTLY AFTER HE’D GIVEN HER A SHOUTOUT HIS NETFLIX SPECIAL STICKS & STON. CHAPPELLE REVEALS THAT HE’S STARTED A TST FUND TO PAY FOR DAPHNE’S DGHTER’S LLEGE TN, AND THAT HE WON’T BE DOG ANY MORE LGBTQ JOK “UNTIL WE ARE BOTH SURE THAT WE ARE LGHG TOGETHER. I’M TELLG YOU, ’S DONE. I’M DONE TALKG ABOUT . ALL I ASK OF YOUR MUNY, WH ALL HUY: WILL YOU PLEASE STOP PUNCHG DOWN ON MY PEOPLE.” HERE, CHAPPELLE IS REFERRG TO THE BLACK MEN HE’S PREVLY CED THE CLOSER—DABABY, KEV HART, AND HIMSELF—WHO HAVE BEEN, HIS EY, VICTIMIZED (TRANSLATN: MISSED OUT ON SOME JOB OPPORTUNI, WHILE REMAG VERY RICH AND POPULAR) BY THE LGBTQ MUNY FOR TELLG TRANSPHOBIC AND HOMOPHOBIC JOK, OR MAKG HOMOPHOBIC MENTS, AND IALLY REFG TO APOLOGIZE FOR THEM. WH THAT, HE TOSSED THE MIC, DRANK THE APPLSE, AND WALKED OFFSTAGE. MARLOW STERN
BOUCHET: I’m Black first, even though I was born gay. I feel like I’m Black first bee people uldn’t always see that I was gay first, but they n see that I was Black first.