Dave Chappelle is speaking out about the controversy surrounding his latest comedy special. Early this month, the comedian faced backlash for the transphobic comments he made during his new special, The Closer.
Variety writes that he addressed the controversy over his comments in a new stand-up video, where he said that while he’s willing to meet with transgender Netflix employees, he won’t bend “to anybody’s demands.” Click inside to find out what else he said… “It’s been said in the press that I was invited to speak to the transgender employees of Netflix and I refused.
That is not true — if they had invited me I would have accepted it, although I am confused about what we would be speaking about,” he said in the video. “I said what I