{"id":1487088,"date":"2022-05-21T22:31:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-22T02:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1487088"},"modified":"2022-05-21T22:31:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-22T02:31:19","slug":"dave-chappelle-accused-of-telling-transphobic-joke-heres-what-he-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dave-chappelle-accused-of-telling-transphobic-joke-heres-what-he-said\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Chappelle Accused Of Telling \u2018Transphobic\u2019 Joke. Here\u2019s What He Said."},"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\">22<\/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%2Fdave-chappelle-accused-of-telling-transphobic-joke-heres-what-he-said%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=1487088&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 data-t=\"{\" n>Some people who attended a Friday night comedy show where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/dave-chappelle\">Dave Chappelle<\/a> made a surprise appearance seem to have checked their senses of humor at the door.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{\" n>The comic was roasted on Twitter for telling what some considered a \u201ctransphobic\u201d joke, which was was reportedly a fairly mild quip about a very serious situation. Chappelle\u00a0was attacked onstage earlier this month by a man wielding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/heres-the-knife-gun-isaiah-lee-allegedly-used-to-attack-comedian-dave-chappelle\">a knife made to look like a gun<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_378140\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-378140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LAPD Handout<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-t=\"{\" n>Chappelle joked that the guy who tackled him<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u00a0was carrying \u201ca gun that identified as a <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">knife,\u201d according to witnesses who were at the show, which was headlined by comedian John Mulaney at The Ohio State University\u2019s Schottenstein Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{\" n>No phones or recording devices were permitted at the show, so the first clues about what Chappelle had said were from Twitter users blasting the 48-year-old standup star for saying something deeply offensive. Several outlets reported on the outrage without relaying what Chappelle had actually said.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{\" n>\u201cMy favorite part of tonight was when dave chappelle ambushed us at the john mulaney show, told a bunch of transphobic jokes, a massive stadium of people laughed, and then john mulaney hugged him at the end,\u201d one Twitter user <a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/testosteronejew\/status\/1527832790565376001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t=\"{\" n>wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{\" n>But when the joke made its way onto the internet, Twitter users wondered what all the fuss was about.<\/p>\n<p data-t=\"{\" n><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cSo apparently the \u2018horrendously transphobic <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">joke\u2019\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">that Dave <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Chappelle<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> said when on stage recently was that he was \u2018attacked by a trans man that had a <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">knife<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> that identified as a gun.\u2019 That\u2019s barely even a throwaway Dad <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">joke<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> and people are out to Lynch him,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GaryLazer_Eyes\/status\/1528025141204090887?s=20&#038;t=NX4hxtTfI7YCm5cdSYl77g\">tweeted Gary Later Eyes<\/a>.<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Apparently the joke Dave Chappelle said that is causing people to fall on their fainting couches is him saying he was attacked with a gun that identified as a knife.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IMAO_\/status\/1528132044580167682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The attack at the Hollywood Bowl on May 3 was no laughing matter. The alleged attacker has been identified as Isaiah Lee, 23, of Los Angeles, as previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/man-who-allegedly-attacked-dave-chappelle-onstage-identified\">reported<\/a> by The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p>Sources <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/dave-chappelle-attacker-wont-be-charged-assault-deadly-weapon-da-office-says\">told<\/a> The Los Angeles Times that Lee had a knife hidden inside a replica gun that night, but authorities say that the weapon was in a bag. Apparently, since Lee \u201conly\u201d tackled Chappelle, Los Angelas District Attorney George Gasc\u00f3n declined to seek a felony charge against Lee, sparking outrage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a travesty of justice that Gasc\u00f3n is refusing to prosecute this case as a felony,\u201d Chappelle\u2019s lawyer, Gabriel Colwell, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/news\/local\/dave-chappelle-is-not-happy-hollywood-bowl-attack-gascon\/2888881\/\">told<\/a> the New York Post. \u201cThe city attorney, who filed the case, is doing his job but DA Gasc\u00f3n should also do his job and charge this as a felony.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some people who attended a Friday night comedy show where Dave Chappelle made a surprise appearance seem to have checked their senses of humor at the door.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":729,"featured_media":1487091,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1487088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487088","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\/729"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1487088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1487088\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1487091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1487088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1487088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1487088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}