DAVE Chappelle has been slammed by Saturday Night Live viewers, after the comedian seemed to defend Kanye West’s anti-Semitic comments.
On November 12th, Dave, 49, explained how he thought Kanye, 44, was “possibly not well” but “not crazy.”
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During his opening monologue, the SNL guest host said: “I’ve been to Hollywood. This is what I saw.
“There are a lot of Jews. But that doesn’t mean a thing.”
The star continued: “There are a lot of Black people in Ferguson, Missouri, but it doesn’t mean we run the place.
“I can see how you can have some kind of issue. You could connect some kind of lines. Maybe adopt a delusion that Jews run show business.”
Dave added: “It’s not a crazy thing to think… But it’s a crazy thing to say out loud in this climate.”
Angry viewers jumped online and slammed the standup comic’s monologue.
One person ranted: “That Dave Chappelle SNL monologue probably did more to normalize anti-semitism than anything Kanye said.”
Another claimed: “… I was getting sick to my stomach.”
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“… The weakest parts of his act are when Dave earnestly defends (some of) this stuff,” one critic chimed in.
A fourth person claimed: “… Given all the positive responses to the monologue, it shows how normalized and okay it is to be antisemitic.”
“I wanted him to be profound, and instead, he built a bridge to antisemitism,” a commenter said.
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All this comes after Kanye- who is the ex-husband of Kim Kardashian– claimed he “lost $2billion in a day” after Adidas and Gap cut ties with him for his anti-semitic comments.
The German sports giant parted ways from the hitmaker after a video of his controversial comments circulated on social media.
The chaos began when the father-of-four wore a White Lives Matter T-shirt, considered by many to be a racist response to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Days later Kanye said he was going “death con 3 on Jewish people.”
The star went on to allege he wasn’t “anti-Semitic because black people are actually Jew also” and that he is the victim of a “Jewish underground media mafia”.
Kanye had previously made comments in a podcast that saw him overestimate Adidas’ loyalty to him irrespective of any offensive statement he makes.
In mid-October, during an episode of Drink Champs – a hip-hop community podcast hosted by N.O.R.E and DJ EFN – the music star said: “I can say antisemitic things, and Adidas can’t drop me. Now what? Now what?”
Adidas addressed his controversial comments in a statement: “Adidas does not tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech.
“Ye’s recent comments and actions have been unacceptable, hateful, and dangerous, and they violate the company’s values of diversity and inclusion, mutual respect and fairness.”
In the aftermath, Kanye took a financial hit and is no longer considered a billionaire, according to Forbes.
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