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Madonna called Dave Chappelle “the next James Baldwin” in her new tour doc and fans are pissed
Madame X tour documentary on Paramount+ last Friday and fans went wild… until Dave Chappelle showed up.The homophobic and transphobic comedian makes a brief cameo appearance about halfway through the film, when Madonna sits down next to him in the audience and praises him for being “the next James Baldwin” without offering any compelling reasons to support the lofty comparison.Huh?First of all, James Baldwin was a gay Black novelist who was a central figure in the LGBTQ rights movement; Chappelle is a standup comedian with a history of making anti-LGBTQ remarks.Related: Dave Chappelle just “punched down” the LGBTQ community…hardSecond, the timing of all this couldn’t be worse.Madonna released her new tour documentary the same week