Dave Chappelle ironically used a Saudi comedy event to talk about freedom of speech. According to The New York Times, Chappelle — who has been under fired for his transphobic jokes in the past — used his comedy set at the Riyadh Comedy Festival to speak about the lack of …
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The Riyadh Comedy Festivalin the capital of Saudi Arabia began on Friday, with top comedians including Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart, Bill Burr, Aziz Ansari, Louis C.K., Pete Davidson, Jo Koy, and Jimmy Carr on the robust roster of performers. However, the comics have received backlash from their peers for reportedly …
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Dave Chappelle told an audience in San Francisco last week that Saturday Night Live producers told him to avoid talking about Gaza or transgender people during his opening monologue when he hosted the show Jan. 18, the first new episode of the year. Chappelle performed a stand-up show in San …
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Dave Chappelle, two days before Donald Trump‘s inauguration, spoke to the president-elect during the tail end of his SNL monologue to wish him good luck, and to urge everyone to have empathy for all displaced peoples–“whether they’re in the Palisades or Palestine.” In the comedian’s fourth time hosting since 2016, …
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Michelle Buteau knows a thing or two about telling jokes about marginalized people without offending “a whole community.” Dave Chappelle, on the other hand, not so much. During her Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall Netflix special that premiered Tuesday, the comedian came for Chappelle and …
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Dave Chappelle and Killer Mike will provide seven lucky cities with a can’t-miss night of music and comedy next month when the pair embark on the Still Talkin That Shit! Tour. The trek kicks off Nov. 15 at Detroit’s Fox Theatre before moving to Killer Mike’s native Atlanta, the Chicago …
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Dave Chappelle joined the Rock and Roll Hall of Ceremony on Saturday in Cleveland to induct A Tribe Called Quest. During his speech, the famed comic and looked back at the origins of the hip-hop group that began in Queens, New York City in the Eighties. “It is an honor …
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Isaiah Lee, the man who attacked Dave Chappelle onstage at the Hollywood Bowl in 2022 and was arrested and jailed over the incident, is suing the venue and the security team it hired, Los Angeles’ ABC 7 reports. The lawsuit, which was filed Friday, claims Hollywood Bowl’s security guards along …
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Jerrod Carmichael expressed some regrets over his recent criticism of Dave Chappelle — not his actual disappointment with the comedian for leaning heavily on jokes about trans people, but that he aired those grievances to the press. On The Breakfast Club Tuesday, Carmichael sported a bit of a grin as …
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Kevin Hart received comedy’s ultimate honor — a deluge of insults mixed with genuine reverence — as he received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Sunday night, March 24. Hart himself took a supremely earnest approach to the night as he addressed …
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