Dave Chappelle, Hosting ‘SNL' for the Third Time, Jokes About Ye's Antisemitic Comments and Herschel Walker
Dave Chappelle, Hosting ‘SNL' for the Third Time, Jokes About Ye's Antisemitic Comments and Herschel Walker
The firebrand comedian opened the show with a free-wheeling monologue that went on for roughly 15 minutes.Dave Chappelle, hosting NBC's"Saturday Night Live" for the third time, kicked off the show with a roughly 15-minute monologue that tackled hip-hop artistThe comedian, known for courting controversy and defying his most vocal critics, did not directly address about the transgender community in a Netflix comedy special released last year.
Chappelle took the stage inside Rockefeller Center's Studio 8H and started his monologue with an extended riff on Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, who has been widely condemned for making a series of antisemitic comments. The comedian read a brief statement:"I denounce antisemitism in all its forms and I stand with my friends in the Jewish community — and that, Kanye, is how you buy yourself some time."
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