Dave Chappelle Says He’s Open To Sitting Down With Netflix Employees Upset By His Transgender Jokes

Netflix employees have filed a complaint against the platform, with one claiming that they were fired for speaking out against the Dave Chappelle stand-up special.The pair submitted the complaint with the National Labour Relations Board after saying that one was fired and the other was suspended and then reinstated back into the company for retaliating against the platform’s decision to defend Chappelle’s controversial comments about the trans community.As reported by IndieWire, the filing has

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorTwo Netflix employees have filed an unfair labor practice complaint with the National Labor Relations Board alleging the streaming giant retaliated against them for protesting Dave Chappelle’s comedy special “The Closer.”An NLRB representative confirmed that an unfair labor practice charge was filed Wednesday.B.

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 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 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.

Netflix employees currently protesting Dave Chappelle’s stand-up special The Closer.The comedian labelled himself a “TERF” in his set, after he addressed the controversy surrounding Harry Potter author JK Rowling.“They canceled J.K. Rowling – my God,” Chappelle said in the show.

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

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.

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.

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.

The Closer.A Bloomberg report published on Wednesday (October 13) stated Netflix spent $24.1million on The Closer and $23.6million on the comedian’s 2019 special, Sticks & Stones, comparing them to the $3.9million spent for Bo Burnham’s Inside and Squid Game’s $21.4million.From internal documents seen by the publication, the Sticks & Stones special was measured as having an “impact value” of $19.4million by Netflix, meaning it cost more than the value it generated.In a statement released to NME,