May 6, 2026 3:27pm PT
Dave Chappelle Says the Media Gets His Trans Jokes ‘Wrong’: ‘People Would Think It’s Me vs. the Gay Community. I Never Looked at It Like That’
Dave Chappelle said during a recent episode of the “IMO” podcast that the media gets his comedy “wrong” when covering his transgender jokes. The stand-up legend urged audiences to account for a “margin of error” when watching his sets.
“People would think it’s me vs. the gay community. I never looked at it like that,” Chappelle said. “I always thought it was corporate interest and culture negotiating itself. So, you know, most of those people who were critical of what I was doing didn’t seem like they were of it. It’s like they had their faces pressed against the glass, commenting on what we were doing in there, but they weren’t in there doing it.”
