Dave Chappelle Says Distributors Are Cancelling His New Documentary Over Netflix Special Controversy

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Dave Chappelle said during a video released on Monday that controversy over his Netflix comedy special “The Closer” is leading distributors to reject his latest documentary project “Untitled.”

The stand-up comedian noted the media has attacked him over jokes he made about the transgender community in the special.

“This film that I made was invited to every film festival in the United States and some of those invitations I accepted,” Chappelle said.

“This controversy came out about ‘The Closer,’ they began disinviting from these film festivals and now, today, not a film company, not a movie studio, not a film festival, nobody will touch this film,” he added.

“Thank God for [CEO] Ted Sarandos and Netflix. He’s the only one that didn’t cancel me yet,” Chappelle noted.

The comedian now plans to screen his documentary through a 10-city tour nationwide.

The cities Chappelle plans to tour throughout November include San Francisco, Minneapolis, Des Moines, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Toronto, Cincinnati, Columbus, Atlanta, and New York.

Chappelle’s Netflix title led to backlash from LGBTQ+ advocates and prompted a walkout among some Netflix employees.

A handful of counter-protestors showed up at the walkout in Hollywood, California, on Oct. 20, to support Chappelle’s right to free speech and stand against cancel culture.

The Netflix controversy began when Chappelle’s special debuted on Netflix on Oct. 5. Sarandos defended Chappelle’s right to artistic freedom in emails obtained by media outlet Variety, to some staff who found Chappelle’s jokes offensive.

In his special, Chappelle showed support for “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling, who has said, “If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased.”

“I agree, man,” Chappelle said. “Gender is a fact. Every human being in this room, every human being on Earth, had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on Earth. That is a fact.”

By Christopher Burroughs

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