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Dave Chappelle Says ‘SNL’ Producers Barred Him From Discussing Gaza and Transgender People in Opening Monologue
Dave Chappelle said in San Francisco that "SNL" producers did not want him to talk about Gaza and transgender people in his monologue.
Dave Chappelle recently told a stand-up audience in San Francisco that “ Saturday Night Live ” producers did not want him to talk about Gaza or transgender people in his opening monologue when he hosted the show in January. “In his San Francisco set, he 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,” SF Gate’s Dan Gentile added. His monologue covered a range of topics, including the Los Angeles fires, Donald Trump and Luigi Mangione.
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