Dave Chapelle's Netflix special facing cancellation after trans comments leave critics irate

Netflix stand-up special The Closer.The comedian spoke for the first time since his comments in the special sparked a backlash especially amidst the LGBTQ community when told his audience that “gender is a fact”.“They canceled J.K. Rowling – my God,” Chappelle said in the show.

Bill Maher has never been shy about expressing some often-unpopular opinions, and he continued that tradition on Friday night’s edition of “Real Time with Bill Maher”.

Alyssa Milano shared her thoughts on democracy and the Dave Chappelle controversy after being arrested outside the White House on Tuesday.  The 48-year-old actress and activist was walking outside in D.C.Tuesday when a photographer asked her some questions about her recent arrest while advocating for voting rights.

Netflix is making a statement

Ted Sarandos has made a new statement following the backlash over his support of Dave Chapelle‘s recent comedy special.

J. Kim Murphy administratorTerra Field, a trans Netflix employee who denounced Dave Chappelle’s “attacks [on] the trans community” in his new special “The Closer,” has elaborated on her criticism of the company’s defense for releasing the special.On Monday, Field shared an online essay titled “It Was Never About Dave” on her Medium blog.

Naman Ramachandran Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby has spoken out strongly against Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos after being referenced in his memo defending Dave Chappelle.“Adults can watch violence, assault and abuse – or enjoy shocking stand-up comedy – without it causing them to harm others,” Sarandos had said in a staff memo on Wednesday, as revealed by Variety. “We are working hard to ensure marginalized communities aren’t defined by a single story.

J. Kim Murphy administratorNetflix has reinstated three employees, including a trans senior software engineer who criticized the streamer’s new Dave Chappelle comedy special, after suspending and investigating the group for crashing a meeting of its top executives.Terra Field, one of the suspended employees, shared her reinstatement by the company on her Twitter.

TMZ captured comments from Wayans at LAX airport Monday morning. When asked “Where do you stand on the issue? How do you feel about the special? and Should it be cancelled?” Wayans responded, “I feel like Dave freed the slaves.”“Comedians, we were slaves to PC culture,” Wayans continued.

told TMZ while heading to catch a flight Monday at LAX. “We were slaves to PC culture and he just, you know — as an artist he’s Van Gogh.

The Closer.Chappelle has been heavily criticized for a number of jokes in the special, which released on Oct. 5, including saying he was “team TERF” (trans-exclusionary radical feminist) like author JK Rowling and calling gender “a fact.”“Every human being in this room, every human being on Earth, had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on Earth,” Chappelle said.

Comedy great Damon Wayans is speaking out on the ongoing public schism surrounding Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy special "The Closer" and said he believes Chappelle is "a unicorn" for standing up to "PC culture." "I feel like Dave freed the slaves — the comedians," the "Major Payne" actor, 61, told TMZ of Chappelle’s controversial Netflix special during a brief exchange at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Monday.

A Netflix engineer who was critical on social media about trans remarks Dave Chappelle made in his controversial The Closer has been suspended by the streamer, as Ted Sarandos declares the company “don’t believe” GLAAD slamned special crosses “the line on hate.”

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterNetflix has suspended three employees for crashing a meeting of its top executives, including an out trans person who criticized a new comedy special from Dave Chappelle, sources tell Variety.Terra Field, a senior software engineer for the streamer based in San Francisco, was among those suspended late last week for attending the “QBR” — Netflix’s quarterly business review, a two-day affair that convenes the top 500 employees in the company.Field, who identifies

Dave Chappelle is facing immense backlash over jokes he made during his sixth and potentially final standup special for Netflix's "The Closer."  The comedian, 48, is being criticized by many in the LGBTQ+ community for seemingly doubling down on comments he made about the transgender community in his previous special "Sticks & Stones," and he’s shown no signs of contrition since prominent LGBTQ+ organizations have spoken out against both him and Netflix for giving him a platform.  With so much

Dave Chappelle and Netflix are facing intense backlash for the derogatory comments toward the LGBTQ+ community made during the comedian's latest comedy special, and the 48-year-old is speaking out about it. He's speaking out about «cancel culture,» that is, not the actual criticism aimed at his material. According to multiple reports, when Chappelle took the stage at a sold-out show at L.A.'s Hollywood Bowl on Thursday night, he reiterated his special's messages of kindness and love, and made

Dave Chappelle isn’t too worried by the controversy over his new Netflix comedy special, The Closer, after receiving a standing ovation during a screening of his project Untitled: Dave Chappelle Documentary.

Netflix special.During his sixth stand-up show with the streaming platform, the comedian addressed the controversy surrounding Harry Potter author JK Rowling.“They canceled J.K. Rowling – my God,” Chappelle said in the show.

“If this is what being cancelled is about, I love it,” said Dave Chappelle tonight to a cheering and sold out Hollywood Bowl tonight after a screening of his documentary about the comic summer camp he put on last year in his Ohio hometown.