Dave Chappelle has once more returned to the studios of Saturday Night Live as a host of the long-running sketch comedy series. The Washington. D.C. native and current Ohio resident took shots at Kanye West and Kyrie Irving in his usual conversational style.
Dave Chappelle, 49, came out on the SNL studio stage and opened up with a direct shot at Ye aka Kanye West. Chappelle prepared a statement for his friend, saying that a direct and simple apology will, quote, “buy [Ye] some time.”
What Chappelle naturally zeroed in on were the antisemitic comments from Ye and the perceived antisemitic stances of Irving. Chappelle also took a gentle swipe at the Hollywood establishment with the tongue-in-cheek humor that he’s best known for
Chappelle again hinted at drawing his standup-up comedy career to a close after enduring criticism for his recent comments about certain segments of the LGBTQ community. In fact, some SNL staffers vowed to boycott the show in protest. Chappelle will have to brace for additional shots at his work after many supports of the Jewish community felt his monologue normalized antisemitism.
Later in the SNL episode, Chappelle went back to his sketch comedy days by playing several characters from Chappelle’s Show with Donnell Rawlings joining him, Ice-T and the SNL cast for a hilarious spoof of HBO’s smash hit, House Of Dragons.
The musical guest for the episode was the duo of Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey, best known as Black Star, with the pair running through two tracks from their album No Fear Of Time produced fully by Madlib.
Watch the SNL monologue from Dave Chappelle below. Keep scrolling to see reactions from Twitter.
And be sure to check out Black Star rocking “So Be It” and “The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing” with Madlib on the decks below.
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Dave Chappelle had one of IF* not the GR8est opening monologues in SNL history. That was a VIRTUOSO.
— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) November 13, 2022
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Dave Chappelle being on #SNL is hilarious to me because y’all really tried to cancel him and he said fuck y’all
— Teacher Bae
(@what_tf_xo) November 13, 2022
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Somebody said they’re gonna CANCEL me after doing SNL with Dave Chappelle.. LOL! These MFs have been trying to Cancel me for over 30yrs!
— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) November 12, 2022
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Dave Chappelle has offended everyone in his career bc it’s his job, to address the uncomfortable. There’s a diff btwn bigotry and social commentary. It’s not for the faint of heart but if we’re gonna survive, we have to understand nuance. Last night was Carlin level shit.
— Jonathan Goldman (@akjakalope) November 13, 2022
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Dave Chappelle gave a monologue that gave everyone something to laugh at and everyone something to be a little offended at. That is what comedy really is and it's great that he had the platform to do it a few days after the election again. @nbcsnl
— Sean M. Brown, MPA (@SeanBrown723) November 13, 2022
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You know what also irritates me about how Dave Chappelle is being called a comedic genius? Black people generally are so funny that he is really not especially funny. Y’all ever scroll through TikTok? Twitter? Dude my dad is funnier than Dave Chappelle at any moment. Lmao.
— Loni (They•Them) (@leo4repro) November 13, 2022
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Dave Chappelle's assessment of what made Donald Trump so appealing to his supporters is so on the mark. Dave called Trump "an honest liar" and that might be the the most fitting moniker for Trump. #SNL
— Darrell Dass (@DarrellDass) November 13, 2022
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The only problem with Dave Chappelle hosting SNL is that after the opening monologue, you realize the show would be 10x better if they just let him do standup the whole time.
— Geno is the Solution (@Blaisien_) November 13, 2022
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Dave Chappelle is killing it right now on SNL. This opening monolgue is brilliant.
Dude has balls the size of grape fruits for saying what he's saying.
Genius social commentary.
— The Cooler (@The__Cooler) November 13, 2022
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Dave Chappelle was HILARIOUS on SNL. His monologue was like a comedy special.
— Isaac Hayes III (@IsaacHayes3) November 13, 2022
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“Kanye got in so much trouble Kyrie got in trouble.”
– Dave Chappelle (The GOAT)
— RealTimBlack (@RealTimBlack) November 13, 2022
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Dave Chappelle is a comedian. You either like his jokes or you. don't. He doesn't care.
— Felix Kay (@TheFelixKay) November 13, 2022
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