The man charged with attackingDave Chappelleonstage at the Hollywood Bowl last May pleaded no contest Wednesday to one misdemeanor count each of battery and entering a restricted area during a live event, Deadline reports. Isaiah Lee, 24, was sentenced to 270 days in county jail, according to Los Angeles City …
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Reading the room is not one of Dave Chappelle’s sharpest skills. On Sunday, the comedian surprised the audience at the San Francisco stop on his joint tour with Chris Rock by bringing out Elon Musk as a special guest. What he didn’t anticipate, however, was how much his fans — …
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“You shut the fuck up with your boos.” That was comedian Dave Chappelle’s response to the endless chorus of booing that reverberated through San Francisco’s Chase Center every time his special guest Elon Musk attempted to speak. Chappelle invited Musk onstage in front of 18,000 attendees who came to hear …
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Here’s something we’re not allowed to say about Ye/Kanye West’s recent series of antisemitic tirades: there’s a small grain of truth in them. No, obviously not the conspiracy theories, Holocaust denial, or downright fascistic claims that people who don’t believe in Christ shouldn’t hold public office. Ye has clearly crossed …
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Jon Stewart defended Dave Chappelle’s controversial Saturday Night Live monologue — where the comedian was accused of “normalizing and popularizing” antisemitism by the Anti-Defamation League — during an appearance on The Late Show. Stewart has been friends with Chappelle for over two decades, dating back to at least when they …
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Dave Chappelle’s third opening monologue on Saturday Night Live opened with a disclaimer denouncing antisemitism. “And that, Kanye, is how you buy yourself some time.” Chappelle began his 15-minute stand-up on Kanye West’s disastrous few weeks, during which anti-semitic comments caused him to lose, among other things, more than a …
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Dave Chappelle is a Game of Thrones fan, and he’s also into the new show, House of the Dragon, though he has mixed feelings about the spinoff, he said while hosting Saturday Night Live. “I gotta tell you, I love that they are including Black characters but, to be honest, …
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As he did after the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, Dave Chappelle has once again been tasked with hosting Saturday Night Live for their first post-Election Day episode, this time for the 2022 midterms. Chappelle will bring along Black Star — the duo of Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli — …
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Dave Chappelle gave his best Thom Yorke impression at the Taylor Hawkins tribute show in Los Angeles last night. The comedian appeared on stage at the Kia Forum late in the show to cover Radiohead‘s classic “Creep” with the Foo Fighters. During the mediocre rendition, Chappelle urged the crowd to …
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The man charged with attackingDave Chappelle onstage at the Hollywood Bowl last May was acting paranoid and aggressive – and leaving strange notes – before he allegedly rushed his roommate and stabbed him at a transitional housing complex in Los Angeles last December, the alleged victim testified Friday. In the …
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