Dave Chappelle Addresses Kanye West’s Anti-Semitic Comments On ‘SNL’: ‘He’s Possibly Not Well’

Dave Chappelle, 49, straight addressed Kanye West, erstwhile helium hosted Saturday Night Live for the 3rd clip connected Nov. 12. Responding to the 45-year-old rapper’s caller anti-semitic comments — that pb to the Chicago autochthonal being dropped from collaborative deals with Adidas via Yeezy, Balenciaga and galore much — Dave took a cue from societal media with a prepared statement. “I wanted to work a connection I prepared: I renounce antisemitism successful each its forms and basal with my friends successful the Jewish community. And that, Kanye, is however you bargain yourself immoderate time,” helium said to the audience.

.@DaveChappelle going consecutive astatine Kanye West and his anti-Semitic remarks during his monologue. “Kanye has gotten successful immoderate scraps earlier and usually erstwhile he’s successful trouble, I propulsion up immediately. But this clip I was like, ‘you cognize what? Lemme spot what’s gonna hap first’” #SNL pic.twitter.com/9h2CRnmKXU

— Eric Diep (@E_Diep) November 13, 2022

He past added he’s ne'er heard of anyone “do good” aft utilizing the operation “the Jews” successful a condemnation arsenic helium went connected to blast the “Flashing Lights” rapper further. “I’ve been doing this 35 years. Two words successful English connection words you should ne'er accidental – The and Jews. No 1 does bully aft they accidental that,” helium said. 

Dave Chappelle roasts Kanye West during his Saturday Night Live monologue. pic.twitter.com/Xcmoj4ScNG

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The comedian added his thoughts astir Ye’s existent intelligence state. “I don’t deliberation Kanye is crazy, he’s perchance not well,” helium reasoned. “I’ve been to Hollywood, this is conscionable what I saw. It’s a batch of Jews. Like a lot. There’s a batch of Black radical successful Ferguson, Missouri, doesn’t mean they tally the place. You mightiness spell retired successful Hollywood and you mightiness commencement connecting immoderate benignant of lines and you mightiness follow the delusion that Jews tally amusement business. It’s not a brainsick happening to deliberation but it’s a brainsick happening to accidental retired loud,” helium said.

There was immoderate contention astir Dave hosting SNL this weekend, owed to backlash implicit transphobic comments helium made successful his 2021 Netflix special The Closer — which helium did not address connected the Nov. 12 episode. Page Six reported connected Wednesday, Nov. 9, that several SNL writers were “boycotting” the amusement due to the fact that of Dave. “They’re not going to bash the show,” a root told Page Six about the writers. They noted that the entire SNL cast, which includes Molly Kearney, the archetypal non-binary formed member, were doing the show.

Dave’s rep denied reports of a boycott to Page Six. “The country was afloat of writers. They each pitched ideas and they seemed precise excited astir it…. Dave is looking to person immoderate fun,” the rep said.

Dave Chappelle (Photo: Rob Latour/Shutterstock)

Dave’s hosting gig comes six months aft the comedian was attacked during his Netflix Is A Joke show astatine the Hollywood Bowl. A man, aboriginal identified as Isaiah Lee, 23, by the Los Angeles Police Department, reportedly slammed Chappelle to the crushed arsenic helium held onto a replica weapon which could eject a weapon blade. Lee was caught and was charged with felony battle with a deadly weapon, but the Los Angeles County’s D.A.’s bureau yet decided to not prosecute Lee for the incident.