Dave Chappelle Says He's 'More Than Willing' to Meet With Trans Community Amid 'Closer' Controversy

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.

Caitlyn Jenner says the controversy over Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special The Closer is about “woke culture run amok.”

For the last couple of weeks, the controversy that surrounded the Dave Chappelle comedy special, “The Closer,” seemed positioned as a fight between Netflix and the LGBTQ community, specifically those that work at the streaming service. This is because Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos seemed to be the bad guy, releasing statements that were tone deaf, at best, and insulting/offensive, at worst.

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 has spoken out about the controversy over his Netflix special "The Closer" in a new stand-up video, saying that he is willing to meet with transgender Netflix employees or other members of the trans community, but won’t bend "to anybody’s demands." In the video, Chappelle remained unapologetic about the special — which was accused of containing transphobic and homophobic remarks and led to a walkout at Netflix — saying: "I said what I said." "It’s been said in the press that I was

Dave Chappelle is speaking out about the controversy surrounding his latest comedy special.

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.

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”.

"Real Time" host Bill Maher offered a strong defense of fellow comedian Dave Chappelle amid the uproar over Chappelle's Netflix special.  The streaming giant has stood behind "The Closer," which critics have decried as "transphobic" over remarks Chappelle made supporting J.K.

“You can’t be afraid to speak in America,” said host Bill Maher last night at the top of his HBO series, Real Time. He was talking about his views on one of the week’s big stories in entertainment, the Dave Chappelle controversy over language in The Closer.

Dave Chappelle is willing to talk. After Netflix employees staged a walk-out in reaction to comments in the 48-year-old comedian’s recent special, “The Closer”, his rep tells ET that he is open to speaking to those who work at the streaming giant that are upset by his jokes.

Dave Chappelle is willing to talk. After Netflix employees staged a walk-out in reaction to comments in the 48-year-old comedian's recent special,, his rep tells ET that he is open to speaking to those who work at the streaming giant that are upset by his jokes.«Dave stands by his art. Both sides of the street are talking, and Dave is listening.

Jon Stewart is putting on his public relations cap in defense of longtime friend, comedian Dave Chappelle, who Stewart is adamant was not trying to be divisive in his latest comedy special, "The Closer."  Netflix employees staged a walkout on Wednesday after previously taking to social media and issuing internal memos to the streamer’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos, calling for the comedy offering to be removed from the platform after many felt Chappelle made jokes negatively impacting the transgender

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

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.

The Netflix/Dave Chappelle drama over his recent special, “The Closer,” doesn’t seem to be calming down anytime soon. And while Chappelle himself has stayed out of the discussion, the surprising villain that is seemingly coming out of this whole situation (in the eyes of the LGBTQ+ community, at least) is co-CEO Ted Sarandos, who unabashedly came out in support of Chappelle’s special, which many say contains transphobic material.