Dear White People's Showrunner Jaclyn Moore is 'Done' with Netflix After Dave Chappelle's Comments

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.

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”.

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.

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.

Channing Tatum voluntarily entered the controversial debate surrounding Dave Chappelle's latest Netlfix standup special, "The Closer."  The comedian, 48, is being criticized by many in the LGBTQ+ community for comments he made about transgender people. On Sunday, the "21 Jump Street" actor took to his Instagram Story to wade into the controversy.

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,

Netflix‘s decision to keep Dave Chappelle’s special up on their platform.The stand-up special, called The Closer, features Chappelle addressing the controversy surrounding Harry Potter author JK Rowling.“They cancelled J.K. Rowling – my God,” Chappelle said in the show.

Hannah Gadsby is slamming Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos over his recent comments defending Dave Chappelle’s controversial stand-up special, “The Closer”.

From the moment Netflix announced itself as an original programming player with House Of Cards, the streamer has been touting its great relationship with talent. That reputation has taken hit over the last week in the wake of Dave Chappelle’s controversial new special The Closer which has had top Netflix talent denounce the comedian’s comments about transgender people as well as Netflix’s support of Chappelle led by co-CEO Ted Sarandos.

The controversy over Netflix’s Dave Chappelle special The Closer continued today with allegations that employees had raised concerns about the doc before it debuted, reports of a planned walkout next week by and in support of the company’s trans employees and a leaked memo from company co-CEO Ted Sarandos maintaining that violent or abusive content does not spur viewers to harm others.

J. Kim Murphy administratorNetflix has reinstated three employees, including a trans senior software engineer who criticized the streamer’s new Dave Chappelle comedy special, after suspending and investigating the group for crashing a meeting of its top executives.Terra Field, one of the suspended employees, shared her reinstatement by the company on her Twitter.

told TMZ while heading to catch a flight Monday at LAX. “We were slaves to PC culture and he just, you know — as an artist he’s Van Gogh.

The Closer.Chappelle has been heavily criticized for a number of jokes in the special, which released on Oct. 5, including saying he was “team TERF” (trans-exclusionary radical feminist) like author JK Rowling and calling gender “a fact.”“Every human being in this room, every human being on Earth, had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on Earth,” Chappelle said.

Comedy great Damon Wayans is speaking out on the ongoing public schism surrounding Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy special "The Closer" and said he believes Chappelle is "a unicorn" for standing up to "PC culture." "I feel like Dave freed the slaves — the comedians," the "Major Payne" actor, 61, told TMZ of Chappelle’s controversial Netflix special during a brief exchange at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Monday.