After facing years of backlash for his ongoing jokes at the expense of transgender people, Dave Chappelle is attempting to separate himself from anti-trans politicians.
The 5x Emmy-winning comedian recently claimed that he’s been the victim of “rage baiting” headlines about his trans jokes in several of his standup specials, explaining they aren’t meant as “malicious or even harmful.”
“I did resent that the Republican Party ran on transgender jokes,” he explained on NPR’s Newsmakers podcast. “You know, I felt like they were doing a weaponized version of what I was doing. That’s not what I was doing.”
Chappelle used Rep. Lauren Boebert’s 2023 post as an example, after she posted a photo with the comedian and another Republican, writing, “Just three people who understand that there’s only two genders.”
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