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, earning Oscar nominations including Best Actor for the project. Chappelle portrayed George “Noodles” Stone.“I can tell you this, as far as my experience -- Bradley is a consummate actor [and] director,” Chappelle said. “He’s sensitive to actors and how people might feel on set and he can evoke a good performance out of anyone. I’m proof of this. I appreciate the experience of working with him.”
The bond between the pals was evident at the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Awards, where Cooper took to the stage to, gushed that his scene with Chappelle inAlex Edelman / AFP) (Photo by ALEX EDELMAN/AFP via Getty ImagesChappelle’s wife and kids also attended, along with comedians like Tiffany Haddish, who told the crowd that Chappelle had always been a mentor and big brother.
“Every time I step onstage -- every time -- I think of you, because I've always want[ed] to make you proud. 'Cause you the greatest,” Haddish said, according to multiple reports. Chappelle is then said to have paid special tribute to his mom while accepting the award, saying, “Early in my career, if you remember, Mom, you used to sit in the club with me. She'd do a full day of work. You'd be back there falling asleep, just waiting for me to go on. She would watch my show every night. How many of you have ever heard your mother say, 'P***y jokes were a little too much tonight, son'?’"r will broadcast nationally on PBS on Jan. 7, 2020 at 9 p.m. EST.
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