Dave Chappelle performed a ‘fake’ monologue at ‘SNL’ rehearsal

Hosted by Dave Chappelle Saturday Night Live This past weekend he could not escape controversy.

If you’ve been online the past few days, you may have read some of the backlash surrounding Chappelle SNL appearance, but if it’s not, here’s why people are upset.

First, it’s important to note that the comedian’s hosting gig was surrounded by controversy even before he took to the stage, with reports emerging late last week that a number of SNL The writers were angry at his choice to host.

“They’re not going to do the show,” said an insider. Page six Last week, referring to a number of authors. A representative for Chappelle has since denied this, saying there was “no evidence of a boycott.”

He believed the alleged rejection centered on the fact that Chappelle was criticized earlier this year for making counter trans and anti-homosexual jokes in his Netflix comedy special the closest.

However, the show went ahead as planned, marking Chappelle’s third time hosting.

As per usual, the show started with Monologue. Spanning over 15 minutes — three times longer than the average five minutes — Chappelle’s lengthy editorial touches on a number of topical issues — namely Kanye West’s recent Antisemitic comments.

He began, “I wanted to read a statement I had prepared.” I reject anti-Semitism in all its forms and stand with my friends in the Jewish community. And that, Kanye, is how you buy yourself some time.”

Chappelle made a number of jokes about the Jewish community, saying at one point: “If they’re black it’s a mob. If they’re Italian it’s a mob. But if they’re Jewish it’s a coincidence and you should never talk about it.”

Later in the segment, he brings up an anti-Semitic trope about the number of Jews in Hollywood – a rhetoric that Ye had lasted recently Claiming that they “run” the media industry. Discussing this, Chappelle appears not to condemn Yee’s comments but simply to suggest that he should not have expressed them.

“I’ve been to Hollywood… There were a lot of Jews. He said. But it doesn’t mean anything. There are a lot of black people in Ferguson, Missouri. It doesn’t mean they run the place.”

He added, “I can see if you have some kind of problem, you might go to Hollywood and start splicing some sort of lines and maybe adopt the delusion that Jews run show business. It’s not crazy to think. But it’s crazy to say it out loud in a climate like that.”

“We shouldn’t expect DaveChappelle to serve as a moral compass for society, but it’s disturbing to see @nbcsnl not just normalize but popularize #anti-Semitism. Why are Jewish sensitivities denied or diminished at almost every turn? Why does our shock raise applause?” he wrote.

As it currently is, no SNL Nor Chappelle has officially addressed the backlash.

And now, it appears Chappelle may have gone out of his way to stop the show’s executors from pulling the plug on his controversial monologue, with new reports claiming he turned it in for a stand-in during rehearsal.

according to Page sixChappelle chose to perform a “fake” monologue during the dress show because he did not want to SNL Lorne Michaels’ boss, or another employee, “to see what his real monologue is.”

Insiders didn’t go into more detail, though the insight suggests that the first time in either SNL The staff heard Chappelle’s actual monologue live on the air.

Moreover, the SNL The source alleged that Chappelle signaled the supposed writers’ interruption at the rehearsal, apparently joking about a particular employee who objected to his hosting.

This allegedly “caused tensions to flare up” on set, though the joke never made it to the live show.