{"id":1058291,"date":"2021-11-26T21:14:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T02:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1058291"},"modified":"2021-11-26T21:14:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T02:14:14","slug":"chappelle-torches-students-to-their-face-at-his-high-school-alma-mater-after-they-get-mouthy-with-him-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chappelle-torches-students-to-their-face-at-his-high-school-alma-mater-after-they-get-mouthy-with-him-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Chappelle Torches Students To Their Face At His High School Alma Mater After They Get Mouthy With Him: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchappelle-torches-students-to-their-face-at-his-high-school-alma-mater-after-they-get-mouthy-with-him-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1058291&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Comedian Dave Chappelle reportedly mocked several students at his high school alma mater while he performed there on Tuesday after the students got mouthy with him in front of the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Chappelle performed in front of nearly 600 students during a surprise visit to D.C.\u2019s Duke Ellington School of the Arts, which came after the school reportedly canceled a fundraiser involving Chappelle after some leftists complained about jokes that he made about transgender people during his \u201cThe Closer\u201d special on Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>One of the students told Chappelle during a question and answer session that he was a \u201cbigot,\u201d adding, \u201cI\u2019m 16 and I think you\u2019re childish; you handled it like a child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chappelle responded, \u201cMy friend, with all due respect, I don\u2019t believe you could make one of the decisions I have to make on a given day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chappelle\u2019s response reportedly angered some apparently petulant individuals who expected an apology from Chappelle.<\/p>\n<p>Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/playbook\/2021\/11\/25\/a-dave-chappelle-thanksgiving-special-495228\">reported<\/a> that Chappelle responded to another hostile question from a student by mocking their talent-level, openly stating that he was better than they were. There were no recordings of the event because Chappelle\u2019s team made the students lock their phones in special pouches before he spoke.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m better than every instrumentalist, artist, no matter what art you do in this school, right now, I\u2019m better than all of you,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m sure that will change. I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll be household names soon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another student reportedly shouted without evidence, \u201cYour comedy kills,\u201d to which Chappelle responded, \u201cN****** are killed every day. The media\u2019s not here, right?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Chappelle mocked a few who complained that Chappelle, who is black, used the n-word, saying, \u201cDave is putting the school on the map.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the students who was apparently antagonistic toward Chappelle complained to Politico that the comedian had more power than they did, and that he knew they were nervous to call him out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe could tell we were nervous,\u201d the student said. \u201cIt was a huge power imbalance of this grown man and his camera crew \u2014 and these 14- to 18 year-olds without their phones, just high school kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite some complaints from woke students, other students said that Chappelle softened up during the event and he spoke out in defense of the students who were protesting him after some of them claim that they had received threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis whole tone changed,\u201d a student said. \u201cHe said, \u2018This is my family and whether they know it or not I love these kids. \u2026 I don\u2019t want to hear about any threats to these kids. These kids don\u2019t deserve that.\u2019 He was really kind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for Chappelle said that the comedian wanted forgiveness from the students over the school postponing an event to name its theater after him in response to the reaction that leftists had to his Netflix special.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said these kids deserve an F for forgiveness,\u201d the spokesperson said. But, \u201cGive them some space to grow. They are going to say things that are immature.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comedian Dave Chappelle reportedly mocked several students at his high school alma mater while he performed there on Tuesday after the students got mouthy with him in front of the crowd.Chappelle performed in front of nearly 600 students during a surprise visit to D.C.\u2019s Duke Ellington School of the Arts, which came after the school reportedly canceled a fundraiser involving Chappelle after some leftists complained about jokes that he made about transgender people during his \u201cThe Closer\u201d special on Netflix.One of the students told Chappelle during a question and answer session that he was a \u201cbigot,\u201d adding, \u201cI\u2019m 16 and I think you\u2019re childish; you handled it like a child.\u201dChappelle responded, \u201cMy friend, with all due respect, I don\u2019t believe you could make one of the decisions I have to make on a given day.\u201dChappelle\u2019s response reportedly angered some apparently petulant individuals who expected an apology from Chappelle.Politico reported that Chappelle responded to another hostile question from a student by mocking their talent-level, openly stating that he was better than they were. There were no recordings of the event because Chappelle\u2019s team made the students lock their phones in special pouches before he spoke.\u201cI\u2019m better than every instrumentalist, artist, no matter what art you do in this school, right now, I\u2019m better than all of you,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m sure that will change. I\u2019m sure you\u2019ll be household names soon.\u201dAnother student reportedly shouted without evidence, \u201cYour comedy kills,\u201d to which Chappelle responded, \u201cN****** are killed every day. The media\u2019s not here, right?\u201dA spokesperson for Chappelle mocked a few who complained that Chappelle, who is black, used the n-word, saying, \u201cDave is putting the school on the map.\u201dOne of the students who was apparently antagonistic toward Chappelle complained to Politico that the comedian had more power than they did, and that he knew they were nervous to call him out.\u201cHe could tell we were nervous,\u201d the student said. \u201cIt was a huge power imbalance of this grown man and his camera crew \u2014 and these 14- to 18 year-olds without their phones, just high school kids.\u201dDespite some complaints from woke students, other students said that Chappelle softened up during the event and he spoke out in defense of the students who were protesting him after some of them claim that they had received threats.\u201cHis whole tone changed,\u201d a student said. \u201cHe said, \u2018This is my family and whether they know it or not I love these kids. \u2026 I don\u2019t want to hear about any threats to these kids. These kids don\u2019t deserve that.\u2019 He was really kind.\u201dA spokesperson for Chappelle said that the comedian wanted forgiveness from the students over the school postponing an event to name its theater after him in response to the reaction that leftists had to his Netflix special.\u201cHe said these kids deserve an F for forgiveness,\u201d the spokesperson said. But, \u201cGive them some space to grow. They are going to say things that are immature.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1058291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1058291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1058291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1058291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}