He'll conscionable with "the transgender community" that takes contented with his jokes astir trans people, helium told audiences astatine a gig successful Nashville connected Sunday -- but is "not bending to anybody's demands," helium said successful videos posted to his verfied Instagram account.
Chappelle, who appeared successful Nashville alongside Joe Rogan, who's been criticized for dismissing the effectiveness of vaccines, and different comedians, shared a conception of his set successful which helium asked audiences if he's "canceled oregon not?"
"It's been said successful the property that I was invited to talk with transgender employees astatine Netflix and I refused," Chappelle said astatine the opening of the five-minute clip. "That is not true. If they had invited maine I would've accepted, though I americium confused astir what we're speaking about.
"I said what I said and boy, I heard what you said," helium continued, seemingly addressing trans employees astatine Netflix, immoderate of whom participated successful a walkout past week aft the institution continued to support "The Closer." "My god, however could I not? You said you wanted a harmless moving situation astatine Netflix. Well, it seems similar I'm the lone 1 who can't spell to the bureau anymore."
"I privation everyone successful this assemblage to cognize that adjacent though the media frames it arsenic though it's maine versus that community, that's not what it is. Do not blasted the LBGTQ [sic] assemblage for immoderate of this s---. This has thing to bash with them. It's astir firm involvement and what I tin accidental and what I cannot say."
"For the grounds -- and I request you to cognize this -- everyone I cognize from that assemblage has been thing but loving and supportive. So I don't cognize what each this nonsense is about."
In "The Closer," Chappelle joked astir trans women's genitalia and TERFs (or trans-exclusionary extremist feminists), among different topics. Trans comedians told CNN earlier this month they felt that the comments were an illustration of "punching down" connected those with little powerfulness and a betrayal of the astute societal commentary for which Chappelle is known.
In his Nashville set, Chappelle went connected to sermon the series of drama shows helium staged successful small-town Ohio successful the summertime of 2020, immoderate of which were filmed for an upcoming documentary. But due to the fact that of the disapproval surrounding "The Closer," Chappelle told audiences, helium has been disinvited from respective movie festivals and "today, not a movie company, not a movie studio, not a movie festival ... volition interaction this film."
"Thank God for Ted Sarandos astatine Netflix," helium told the assemblage of the company's co-CEO. "He's the lone 1 that didn't cancel maine yet."
"To the transgender community, I americium much than consenting to springiness you an audience," helium said. "But you volition not summon me. I americium not bending to anybody's demands."
Chappelle said helium has 3 conditions for those who privation to conscionable with him: "You indispensable travel to a spot of my choosing, astatine a clip of my choosing. And thirdly, you indispensable admit that Hannah Gadsby is not funny." (Gadsby, a lesbian comedian whose specials "Nanette" and "Douglas" are besides streaming connected Netflix, criticized Sarandos for standing down "The Closer" earlier this month.)
"You cannot person this speech and exclude my dependable from it. That is lone fair," Chappelle said. "You person to reply the question -- americium I canceled oregon not? Now let's go."
Chappelle announced that the documentary connected his pandemic drama shows volition beryllium released successful theaters successful 10 cities successful the US and Canada passim November, on with unrecorded performances from Chappelle and different guests.
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