A YouTube video resurfaced Dave Chappelle’s old Jack Johnson bit. The routine about the first Black heavyweight champion highlights racism and resilience. Critics tie it to MAGA’s alleged push to ...

Comedians like Dave Chappelle poked fun at an alleged chilling effect on free speech in the U.S. after they signed contracts to do government-approved comedy acts at a festival in Saudi Arabia. In the ...

While headlining Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival on Saturday (via The New York Times), comedy giant Dave Chappelle deliberated over the do’s and don’ts of free speech in America, deeming it ...

“It’s easier to talk here than it is in America,” Dave Chappelle told an audience in Saudi Arabia on Saturday. Chappelle was in the kingdom as part of the Riyadh Comedy Festival. His decision — and ...

According to Dave Chappelle it’s easier to be an American comedian in Saudi Arabia. On Saturday, September 27, the 52-year-old comedian performed during the Riyadh Comedy Festival in the Saudi capital ...

A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall,” which is playing on Netflix, Buteau calls out comedian Dave Chappelle for his ...

As comedians from Bill Burr to Kevin Hart were slammed for performing at Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival, Dave Chappelle said the Middle Eastern nation is actually more suitable for stand-up ...

“I don’t know if that’s true, but I’m gonna find out,” said Chappelle, who has faced backlash of his own for anti-trans jokes in recent years. Pete Davidson, Kevin Hart, Aziz Ansari, Louis C.K. and ...

Dave Chappelle ironically used a Saudi comedy event to talk about freedom of speech. According to The New York Times, Chappelle — who has been under fired for his transphobic jokes in the past — used ...

Dave Chappelle was in Saudi Arabia this week, where he was one of the biggest names—and also, one can only assume, the biggest paychecks—at the controversial Riyadh Comedy Festival. Per The New York ...