Dave Chappelle Dismisses ‘The Closer’ Controversy: ‘I Don’t Know What All This Nonsense Is About’ (Video)

widely-panned Netflix comedy special “The Closer” is still making waves weeks after its initial release.Another A-list star has spoken out in defense of the comedian, 48, after his special sparked criticism regarding the LGBTQ community. Jay-Z recently praised Chappelle and called him a “super-genius” despite his comments.“He’s super-brave and super-genius,” the 51-year-old rapper said on Nov.

Jay-Z is heaping praise on embattled comedian Dave Chappelle as he faces continued criticism that his new Netflix comedy special “The Closer” is anti-trans.

Jay-Z has shared his thoughts on the controversy surrounding Dave Chappelle’s recent show The Closer, saying “true art has to cause conversation”.Chappelle came under fire after he labelled himself a “TERF” in his recent Netflix special while defending J.K.

Chappelle came under fire from prominent social justice organizations last month for jokes targeting trans and other LGBTQ+ people in his new special. “Gender is a fact,” he says at one point in the hour-plus set.

Caitlyn Jenner is the latest celebrity to speak out about those controversial Dave Chappelle remarks.

controversial Netflix comedy special “The Closer” after his comments about the trans community raised some eyebrows.The comedian, 48, shared a five-minute video on Instagram Monday where he performed standup and responded to the backlash. Chappelle stated that he will meet with transgender Netflix employees, however, he won’t be “bending to anybody’s demands.”“To the transgender community, I am more than willing to give you an audience, but you will not summon me.

Dave Chappelle is opening up about the recent controversy surrounding his Netflix special, .The 48-year-old comedian took to Instagram to share his reaction to the recent protests and Netflix employee walkouts that have occurred since the comments he made in his special. The controversy began when hit Netflix earlier this month.

Dave Chappelle is once again addressing the controversy surrounding his latest Netflix stand-up special, “The Closer”.

After nearly three weeks of controversy, Netflix firings and suspensions of trans staff, and protests on the streets of Hollywood over remarks centered on the trans and LGBTQ+ communities by Dave Chappelle in his The Closer special, the comedian today is finally responding significantly — and it’s a mixed bag, to put it mildly.

Chappelle came under fire from prominent social justice organizations earlier this month for the comedian’s jokes targeting trans and other LGBTQ+ people in his new special. “Gender is a fact,” he says at one point in the hour-plus set.

Rose McGowan is not impressed by the Netflix employees staging a walkout.

Netflix are strongly contesting the insistence today of a now fired staffer that they did not leak confidential financial information about Dave Chappelle and others to the press — very strongly.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorNetflix, in advance of an employee walkout Wednesday protesting the streamer’s defense of Dave Chappelle’s transphobic and homophobic commentary in his latest stand-up special, issued a statement acknowledging “deep hurt” the controversy has caused.In a statement, Netflix said, “We value our trans colleagues and allies, and understand the deep hurt that’s been caused.

Today was a big day for Netflix, which reported strong quarterly earnings and “mind-boggling” 142 million households that have sampled runaway hit Squid Game. But the celebration was subdued in the streamer’s upper echelons as the company is still reeling from the internal — and external — backlash against transphobic statements in Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special The Closer.

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.

A philanthropic boasting Reed Hastings may not want to talk today about Dave Chappelle and controversy around remarks centered on the trans and LGBTQ+ communities in his special The Closer, but the Netflix staffer who called out the streamer on the “attacks” in the October 5 launched show certainly does – in-depth and at length.

Channing Tatum is addressing the controversy surrounding Dave Chappelle and his Netflix special The Closer.

Now things are really getting messy.