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Dave Chappelle, 49, straight addressed Kanye West, when he hosted Saturday Night Live for the third time on Nov. 12. Responding to the 45-year-old rapper’s latest anti-semitic feedback — that result in the Chicago native being dropped from collaborative offers with Adidas through Yeezy, Balenciaga and plenty of extra — Dave took a cue from social media with a ready assertion. “I wanted to read a statement I prepared: I renounce antisemitism in all its forms and stand with my friends in the Jewish community. And that, Kanye, is how you buy yourself some time,” he stated to the viewers.
.@DaveChappelle going straight at Kanye West and his anti-Semitic remarks throughout his monologue. “Kanye has gotten in some scraps before and normally when he’s in trouble, I pull up immediately. But this time I was like, ‘you know what? Lemme see what’s gonna happen first’” #SNL pic.twitter.com/9h2CRnmKXU
— Eric Diep (@E_Diep) November 13, 2022
He then added he’s by no means heard of anybody “do good” after utilizing the phrase “the Jews” in a sentence as he went on to blast the “Flashing Lights” rapper additional. “I’ve been doing this 35 years. Two words in English language words you should never say – The and Jews. No one does good after they say that,” he stated.
Dave Chappelle roasts Kanye West throughout his Saturday Night Live monologue. pic.twitter.com/Xcmoj4ScNG
— Sean Fracek (@seanfracek) November 13, 2022
The comic added his ideas about Ye’s present psychological state. “I don’t think Kanye is crazy, he’s possibly not well,” he reasoned. “I’ve been to Hollywood, this is just what I saw. It’s a lot of Jews. Like a lot. There’s a lot of Black people in Ferguson, Missouri, doesn’t mean they run the place. You might go out in Hollywood and you might start connecting some kind of lines and you might adopt the delusion that Jews run show business. It’s not a crazy thing to think but it’s a crazy thing to say out loud,” he stated.
There was some controversy about Dave internet hosting SNL this weekend, as a consequence of backlash over transphobic feedback he made in his 2021 Netflix particular The Closer — which he did not tackle on the Nov. 12 episode. Page Six reported on Wednesday, Nov. 9, that a number of SNL writers have been “boycotting” the present due to Dave. “They’re not going to do the show,” a supply instructed Page Six concerning the writers. They famous that all the SNL forged, which incorporates Molly Kearney, the primary non-binary forged member, have been doing the present.
Dave’s rep denied stories of a boycott to Page Six. “The room was full of writers. They all pitched ideas and they seemed very excited about it…. Dave is looking to have some fun,” the rep stated.
Dave’s internet hosting gig comes six months after the comic was attacked throughout his Netflix Is A Joke present on the Hollywood Bowl. A person, later recognized as Isaiah Lee, 23, by the Los Angeles Police Department, reportedly slammed Chappelle to the bottom as he held onto a reproduction gun which may eject a knife blade. Lee was caught and was charged with felony assault with a lethal weapon, however the Los Angeles County’s D.A.’s workplace in the end determined to not prosecute Lee for the incident.