just to add to the plethora of responses: it rather defies belief that he's purely "joking" when, among other things, he's taken photos with anti-trans legislators like Lauren Boebert and let them frame those photos in this manner:

[–] sholomo@beehaw.org 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't like Dave new specials, but he said he wasn't pleased with that she did: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dave-chappelle-poses-lauren-boebert-164759657.html

[–] alyaza@beehaw.org 40 points 10 months ago (2 children)

He said during his standup act at Capital One Arena in Washington that he granted the photo request by Boebert for a human moment to bridge the political divide but felt “blindsided” by her, according to a progressive influencers’ blog.

“It’s a shame she tricked me,” Chappelle said, according to Call to Activism. “I had two tickets to ’Beetlejuice’ and I was going to give her one!”

this is, and i mean this respectfully, one of the weakest condemnations imaginable if he's actually got a problem with her doing this. this has zero teeth. it's also literally Lauren Boebert, a person who has made her name being a freakish culture warrior--what did he think she was going to do?

[–] bermuda@beehaw.org 15 points 10 months ago

for a human moment to bridge the political divide

Of all the people to try to bridge a divide with... yeah, not buying it here either.