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Jerrod Carmichael says 'slave play' joke was taken out of context: 'It has nothing to do with sex'

Jerrod Carmichael is responding to the backlash from his joke about 'a slave and a master’s son,' which he says was taken out of context: 'It has nothing to do with sex.'

Jerrod Carmichael is ready to set the record straight about a joke that recently landed him in hot water on social media. “You played a clip of my stand up, but it started at the punchline, and it like completely erased the setup of it,” scolded Carmichael, who said he was a fan of the show and friend of Charlamagne's. After the episode’s premiere, the clip went viral on social media — circulating on X and TikTok — with several users criticizing the controversial concept of “slave play" and debating whether the reality show makes Carmichael “a danger to the Black Queer community.”

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