Menu

Post image 1
Post image 2
Post image 3
Post image 4
Post image 5
Post image 6
Post image 7
Post image 8
Post image 9
Post image 10
Post image 11
Post image 12
Post image 13
1 / 13
0

Dave Chappelle Claims Media Took His Trans Jokes Out Of Context: “You Gotta Have A Margin Of Error”

Deadline·Glenn Garner·26 days ago
#GEBi03HS
Reading 0:00
15s threshold

Headlining three shows this week at the Hollywood Palladium, Dave Chappelle is continuing to downplay his history of anti- trans jokes. The 5x Emmy-winning comedian recently claimed the media has gotten his “jokes wrong” and not allowed for nuance in its coverage of the backlash to his previous stand-up specials, urging viewers to allow “a margin of error.” “People would think it’s me versus the gay community. I never looked at it like that,” he explained on the IMO podcast with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson. “I always thought it was corporate interest and culture negotiating itself. So, you know, most of those people who were critical of what I was doing didn’t seem like they were of it. They had, it’s like they had their faces pressed against the glass, commenting on what we were doing in there, but they weren’t in there doing it.” Chappelle continued, “Every opinion you can think of is represented in a comedy club.…

Continue reading — create a free account

Join HashtagPLUS to read full articles, follow hashtags, vote, and join the conversation.

Read More