The Closer. In it, Chappelle makes several transphobic remarks. In a video posted Monday on Instagram, Chappelle said he was willing to meet with trans Netflix employees or trans community members, but he won’t be “bending to anybody’s demands.”The special came out on October 5.
Employees at Netflix organized a walkout to show their displeasure with the streaming service over the special. One trans employee was suspended then reinstated in the melee after attending a director-level meeting that she did not have clearance for, while another was accused of leaking information to the press and was fired.“It's been said in the press that I was invited to speak to the transgender employees at Netflix, and I refused.