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15.11.2022 - 18:55 / perezhilton.com
If this is true, Dave Chappelle knew exactly how damaging his words were going to be…
A new source is speaking out about some of the behind-the-scenes antics that occurred during this week’s Saturday Night Live, which has been met with a ton of backlash after the stand-up star normalized and popularized Kanye West’s antisemitic remarks. Chatting with Page Six on Monday, the insider claimed the Sticks & Stones alum performed a “fake” opening monologue during the dress rehearsal for his SNL hosting gig — then switched things up last minute before anyone could say no! WTF?!
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Discussing the problematic 15-minute speech, the confidant told the outlet:
Woooow. If he seriously tricked the whole production into airing his opening monologue, that’s messed up!! Not only is it disrespectful considering Lorne (and probably plenty of other SNL creatives) is Jewish himself, but it shows he knew how harmful his speech was going to be and just didn’t give a f**k. Sigh.
But get this: even his fake performance was controversial! The source added that the 49-year-old entertainer made a joke during the dress rehearsal about a writer who refused to work with him during his week on the show. Now, we’ve already heard reports that some staff sat out for the episode following the host’s controversial transphobic and homophobic jokes in the past, so this does seem to track.
While Chappelle’s rep previously told Page Six there was nothing to suggest there was any boycott among the SNL writers last week, another insider told the outlet on Monday that the joke about the objecting writer during the rehearsal “caused tensions to flare.” It’s unclear if he removed this bit from his real
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