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Dave Chappelle Delivers Saturday Night Live Opening Monologue About Kanye West's Antisemitic Comments
13.11.2022 - 21:03 / perezhilton.com
Dave Chappelle made his return to Saturday Night Live.
The 49-year-old controversial comedian hosted the sketch comedy show for the third time over the weekend – and began his gig with a nearly 15-minute long monologue tackling a bunch of hot-button topics that have captured headlines over the weeks, including Kanye West’s antisemitism controversy.
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Right from the start, he issued a brief message to the audience. However, do not expect him to apologize for the offensive jokes about the transgender community he made in his Netflix special The Closer! People were already outraged about Dave hosting SNL following the controversy, plus some writers were reportedly even sitting out this episode, considering many cast members are part of the LGBTQIA+ community, and this season has its first nonbinary star, Molly Kearney. You would think he’d take a second to also acknowledge his transphobic and homophobic remarks at this point, but that did not happen.
He began the monologue, by saying:
Dave continued:
The actor went on to recall his reaction to Kanye’s comment on Twitter, where he threatened to go “death con 3 on Jewish people” and soon lost out on lucrative deals with brands like Balenciaga and Adidas:
Dave continued to walk a very fine line with his monologue as he then said:
And that wasn’t all. He also remarks at one point:
Dave didn’t just mock Kanye – he also touched on Brooklyn Nets player Kyrie Irving who came under fire after posting a link to an antisemitic movie on social media, saying:
Unsurprisingly, Dave’s monologue drew mixed reactions from social media users, with some accusing him of playing into the same antisemitic tropes and
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