When SNL producers contacted Chappelle to host an episode this season, he initially refused but decided it would be a good opportunity to get rid of his old Trump jokes and start fresh, the comedian quipped.
“‘SNL’ producers told him he couldn’t speak about two topics: transgender people and Gaza, a shocking stroke of censorship, given the political nature of the monologue,” Gentile wrote.
Dave Chapelle said he was barred from speaking about Gaza or the transgender community during his recent Saturday Night Live appearance.
On Janaury 18, Chapelle hosted SNL for a fourth time, less than 48 hours before Donald Trump’s inauguration and a day before the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal came into force.
And during his San Francisco set, Chapelle “didn’t go on to elaborate much more on Gaza except to close with ‘Give the Jews a break, free Palestine’ before literally dropping the mic,” the journalist added.
