{"id":922460,"date":"2021-10-25T22:44:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-26T02:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=922460"},"modified":"2021-10-25T22:44:44","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T02:44:44","slug":"dave-chappelle-fires-back-at-netflix-trans-activists-i-said-what-i-said-you-will-not-summon-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dave-chappelle-fires-back-at-netflix-trans-activists-i-said-what-i-said-you-will-not-summon-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Dave Chappelle Fires Back At Netflix Trans Activists: \u2018I Said What I Said,\u2019 \u2018You Will Not Summon Me\u2019"},"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\">36<\/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-fires-back-at-netflix-trans-activists-i-said-what-i-said-you-will-not-summon-me%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=922460&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>Dave Chappelle is breaking his silence about the Netflix walkout over his comedy special, \u201cThe Closer,\u201d and he\u2019s not mincing any words.<\/p>\n<p>In a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CVde5tAFT4H\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\">video<\/a> released Monday on Instagram, Chappelle began by saying, \u201cI want everyone in this audience to know that even though the media frames it that it\u2019s me versus that community, that is not what it is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then added that he doesn\u2019t blame the LGBTQ community at large for the uproar. \u201cThis has nothing to do with them. It\u2019s about corporate interests and what I can say and what I cannot say,\u201d he said. \u201cFor the record, and I need you to know this, everyone I know from that community has been loving and supporting, so I don\u2019t know what all this nonsense is about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the video, that was part of a live performance he gave in Nashville, he said he would be happy to meet with trans Netflix employees, but added they will have to meet his terms. \u201cYou will not summon me, I am not bending to anybody\u2019s demands.\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>True to form, the 48-year-old\u2019s demands showcased his characteristic sharp humor:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, you cannot come if you have not watched my special from beginning to end,\u201d he said. \u201cYou must come to a place of my choosing, at a time of my choosing. And thirdly you must admit that Hannah Gadsby is not funny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gadsby is a lesbian comic whose critically-acclaimed Netflix special, \u201cNanette,\u201d has been described as more a spoken-word performance than stand-up. Saturday Night Live\u2019s Michael Che previously came <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/hannah-gadsby-says-shes-unlikely-to-host-snl-because-theyre-not-so-fond-of-my-work\/\">under fire<\/a> for seeming to imply that Gadsby doesn\u2019t actually do comedy.<\/p>\n<p>Chappelle also said that he doesn\u2019t know what he and the disgruntled employees would talk about:<\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s been said in the press that I was invited to speak with transgender employees at Netflix and I refused. That is not true. If they had invited me I would\u2019ve accepted, although I am confused about what we\u2019re speaking about. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I&nbsp;said what I said and boy, I heard what you said. My god, how could I not? You said you wanted a safe working environment at Netflix. Well, it seems like I\u2019m the only one who can\u2019t go to the office anymore.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Chappelle finished by saying, \u201cYou cannot have this conversation and exclude my voice from it. That is only fair. You have to answer the question \u2014 am I canceled or not? Now let\u2019s go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dave Chappelle is breaking his silence about the Netflix walkout over his comedy special, \u201cThe Closer,\u201d and he\u2019s not mincing any words.In a new video released Monday on Instagram, Chappelle began by saying, \u201cI want everyone in this audience to know that even though the media frames it that it\u2019s me versus that community, that is not what it is.\u201dHe then added that he doesn\u2019t blame the LGBTQ community at large for the uproar. \u201cThis has nothing to do with them. It\u2019s about corporate interests and what I can say and what I cannot say,\u201d he said. \u201cFor the record, and I need you to know this, everyone I know from that community has been loving and supporting, so I don\u2019t know what all this nonsense is about.\u201dDuring the video, that was part of a live performance he gave in Nashville, he said he would be happy to meet with trans Netflix employees, but added they will have to meet his terms. \u201cYou will not summon me, I am not bending to anybody\u2019s demands.\u201d he said.True to form, the 48-year-old\u2019s demands showcased his characteristic sharp humor:\u201cFirst of all, you cannot come if you have not watched my special from beginning to end,\u201d he said. \u201cYou must come to a place of my choosing, at a time of my choosing. And thirdly you must admit that Hannah Gadsby is not funny.\u201dGadsby is a lesbian comic whose critically-acclaimed Netflix special, \u201cNanette,\u201d has been described as more a spoken-word performance than stand-up. Saturday Night Live\u2019s Michael Che previously came under fire for seeming to imply that Gadsby doesn\u2019t actually do comedy.Chappelle also said that he doesn\u2019t know what he and the disgruntled employees would talk about:It\u2019s been said in the press that I was invited to speak with transgender employees at Netflix and I refused. That is not true. If they had invited me I would\u2019ve accepted, although I am confused about what we\u2019re speaking about. I\u00a0said what I said and boy, I heard what you said. My god, how could I not? You said you wanted a safe working environment at Netflix. Well, it seems like I\u2019m the only one who can\u2019t go to the office anymore.Chappelle finished by saying, \u201cYou cannot have this conversation and exclude my voice from it. That is only fair. You have to answer the question \u2014 am I canceled or not? Now let\u2019s go.\u201dAs The Daily Wire previously reported, though the walkout received extensive media coverage and was predicted to draw \u201cthousands\u201d of pro-trans protestors, eager to show their displeasure with Netflix, in the end, only a few dozen activists showed up.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\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-922460","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\/922460","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=922460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922460\/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=922460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}