Dave Chappelle soundly rejected comparisons of Charlie Kirk and Martin Luther King Jr. The comic informed a crowd in Washington, D.C., whereas filming his new Netflix particular, “The Unstoppable,” that although Kirk and King each “received shot within the neck,” the previous was merely “a motherf–king web persona.”
“They stated Charlie Kirk is that this technology’s Martin Luther King,” Chappelle shared in a clip of the comedy particular that premiered Friday. “No, he’s not,” he added in a sing-song voice.
You may watch the phase within the video under.
“They each received murdered in a horrible vogue. They each received shot within the neck, however that’s about the place these similarities finish,” he continued. “Charlie Kirk is a motherf–king web persona. No, by design, basically, you’ll be able to’t operate like Dr. King. Web n—-s are detrimental as a result of they must be, ’trigger no one will have interaction them except they are saying sh-t that makes them upset. That’s Charlie Kirk.”
“Are you able to think about Dr. King was behaving like Charlie Kirk?” Chappelle requested earlier than assuming a King-esque voice. “Smash that like button and subscribe. Observe me for extra content material like this. I consider all Black individuals must be free, change my thoughts.”
The comic’s newest particular, “Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable” was filmed in D.C. in October and was dropped on Netflix with comparatively little fanfare.
Within the particular, Chappelle additionally defended his choice to take part within the Riyadh Comedy Pageant in Saudi Arabia. He acknowledged being on the receiving finish of “a number of grief” and stated of Invoice Maher particularly, “I’ve by no means stated this publicly however f–ok that man. I’m so f–king uninterested in his little smug, cracker-a– commentary.”
He additionally stated he doesn’t “really feel responsible in any respect” about performing and added, “These motherf–kers act like as a result of I did a comedy competition in Saudi Arabia I in some way betrayed my rules … They stated, ‘Effectively, Saudi Arabia killed a journalist’ and relaxation in peace Jamal Khashoggi. I’m sorry that he received murdered in such a heinous vogue. And in addition, look bro, Israel’s killed 240 journalists within the final three months so I didn’t know y’all have been nonetheless counting.”
Chappelle additionally touched on Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension from late evening following the latter’s personal feedback about Kirk. “I’ll take cash from Saudi Arabia any day simply so I can say no over right here. It feels good to be free,” he proclaimed. “And I do know that the individuals in Saudi Arabia can’t say all of the issues that I used to be allowed to say. However a deal’s a deal, and the king stated that I may say this stuff. So I checked out it like I used to be on a diplomatic mission: I’ve gotta carry pussy jokes to the Center East.”
Kimmel was suspended by ABC for feedback he made following Kirk’s demise.
“The Unstoppable” is now streaming on Netflix.
