GLAAD Urges Netflix To Condemn Hateful Content & Live Up “To Their Own Standards” Amid Dave Chappelle Controversy

The blast radius from the controversy over Dave Chappelle’s repeated remarks about the trans and LGBTQ+ communities in his Netflix special The Closer has now extended to the National Labor Relations Board and bruising charges of “unfair labor practices” against the streamer.

Caitlyn Jenner came to Dave Chappelle’s defense amid the controversial comments that he made in his new Netflix comedy special, which target the LGBTQIA+ community.

Dave Chappelle amid an ongoing fallout with Netflix.Chappelle’s new comedy special The Closer has prompted backlash from the LGBTQ community for comments deemed transphobic.“They cancelled J.K. Rowling – my god,” Chappelle says in the show.

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”.

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.

In the wake of outrage over Dave Chappelle’s controversial comments about transgender people in his new Netflix special “The Closer”, LGBTQ employees and their allies are staging a walkout on Wednesday, Oct. 20, protesting Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos refusal to remove the special from the streaming service.

The fallout from Dave Chappelle’s harsh words about trans and LGBTQ+ communities in his Netflix special The Closer crested Wednesday with a walkout and rally that saw more than 100 protesters and allies attend, and present their “list of asks” to the company in the wake of the controversy.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix continues a turn in the barrel with today’s staff walkout to protest displeasure with Dave Chappelle’s The Closer. Across the dial, HBO has upcoming an episode of its reality series We’re Here airing November 1 that was filmed in Selma, Alabama.

The head of Netflix is walking back some of his words.

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.

Netflix projects have backed a planned staff walkout following controversy stemming from Dave Chappelle’s new special, The Closer.Chappelle and Netflix were criticised by the LGBTQ community over several jokes featured in his new special, where he labelled himself “team TERF” when discussing the controversy surrounding Harry Potter author JK Rowling.In the wake of the special’s release and subsequent controversy, Netflix then fired an employee for leaking information about the special.As

“All philanthropy today,” Netflix’s Reed Hastings said Monday at the Milken Conference after moderator and CNBC correspondent Julia Boorstin lamented that she wasn’t able to ask the co-CEO about the Dave Chappelle backlash, earnings or anything else related to the streamer.

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,

Now things are really getting messy.

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.