Dave Chappelle, already contending with criticism from his usual adoring audiences for some of his biting humor, finds himself in the crosshairs of fans once more. During a recent concert, the veteran comedian brought out Twitter chief Elon Musk, who was met with a minutes-long chorus of boos in the process, prompting Chappelle to hurl insults at the crowd.
Dave Chappelle, 49, performed over the weekend at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif. where he surprised concertgoers with the appearance from Musk. As of late, Musk has become persona non grata for certain segments of the world due to his handling of the purchase of Twitter, and some of the Tesla chief’s own controversial stances.
Someone attending the concert managed to capture video footage of the moment when Chappelle brought out Musk towards the end of his set, introducing the Big Tech CEO as the richest man in the world, which was recently revealed not to be the case last week.
With the boos raining down, Musk seemed to egg it on which led to Chappelle saying that people booing were recently fired from Twitter along with them having, “poor seats” among other jabs.
Accounts from attendees on Twitter continued to crop up throughout the weekend and now, Chappelle’s name is trending on Twitter. Some reactions are alleging that Chappelle is supporting white supremacy by aligning with Musk, although that is certainly an unfounded claim.
If anything, we know Dave Chappelle to be one to stick to his guns and the reactions on Twitter are minuscule to him at best as he doesn’t see the social media network as a real place, to quote a bit from one of his standup specials.
We’ve got some reactions listed out below.
Turns out Twitter can, in fact, be real life. https://t.co/FFpups1yEy pic.twitter.com/41jcZgdDR4
— Steven Goffman (@SteveGoffman) December 12, 2022
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@elonmusk just got booed like I’ve never heard before on stage with @davechapelle and @chrisrock. He couldn’t get a word in, the crowd booed for 10 minutes. Not favored on his home turf. He looked stunned, must not get enough feedback IRL.
— Ilana Stern (@Ilana_Stern) December 12, 2022
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Was at the Dave Chapelle show at SF tonight and who comes on but Elon Musk!
A good 80% of the stadium boos. 18k people. and he withers. Like absolutely turns into a corncob.
“What should I say??” He says
Dave tries to salvage the situation but to no avail
— james yu (@jamesjyu) December 12, 2022
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dave chappelle calling his own paying audience brokies to impress elon musk is some pathetic shit, man
— @alshipley@mstdn.party (@alshipley) December 12, 2022
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dave chappelle calling his own paying audience brokies to impress elon musk is some pathetic shit, man
— @alshipley@mstdn.party (@alshipley) December 12, 2022
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Dave Chappelle being totally in the bag for Elon Musk, bringing him out during a gig and then insulting booing fans as "the poors" is so on brand for dude…..SMH.
— Keith Murphy (@murphdogg29) December 12, 2022
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I'm more amused than anything at both Chappelle's audience's shock at him being Musket's longtime buddy and at DC being unable to read the room of the guy being responsible for a ton of layoffs in the city being remarkably unpopular. In SV the internet IS real life buddy
— Comorienne
(@_ShamGod) December 12, 2022
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depressing how chappelle walked away from his hit show in 2005 and left $50 million dollars on the table because he was afraid of turning into a rich out-of-touch asshole only to become exactly that 15 years later.
— immunity debt collector (@mattcornell) December 12, 2022
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Elon Musk was booed heavily when he was invited on stage by Dave Chappelle last night. He fucked around and is quickly finding out. Sycophantic Twitter users are a small minority. Even Chappelle's transphobic fans don't like this jackass. pic.twitter.com/2DFlp8o3Kh
— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) December 12, 2022
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The funniest part of Elon Musk getting booed for ten minutes by Dave Chappelle fans is you know Elon thought he'd come out doing some corny bit like, "my pronouns are no/thanks!" and get a standing ovation.
— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) December 12, 2022
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If you’re tearing down marginalized groups and defending the richest man in the world you’ve lost all connection to the rules of comedy. Chappelle is the Opps.
— Funches in Austin 10/27-29 (@RonFunches) December 12, 2022
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