Ellise Shafer administratorDave Chappelle has spoken out about the controversy over his Netflix special “The Closer” in a new standup video, saying that he is willing to meet with the transgender employees of the streamer but won’t bend “to anyone’s demands.”In the video, Chappelle remained unapologetic about the special, which some accused of containing transphobic and homophobic remarks, saying: “I said what I 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,” Chappelle said in the video. “I said what I said, and boy, I heard what you said.