Bill Maher’s ‘Real Time’ Defends Dave Chappelle, Calls On Everyone To Lighten Up

It was a very strange week, Bill Maher noted at the top of his Real Time show on HBO Friday night. There was a lot of good news, he said. “But it came too late to prevent Democrats from getting their ass kicked all over the country.”

Nirvana and the star of the band’s iconic ‘Nevermind’ cover.Earlier this year, Spencer Elden – the child who appears in the artwork – sued the surviving members of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain’s estate, alleging the image was an example of child pornography and sexual exploitation.Maher hit out an Elden in a recent episode of his HBO talk show Real Time, delivering a monologue where he opined that “the words ‘victim’ and ‘survivor’ have travelled a long way from their original usage”.“The baby from

over his Netflix special as he paid tribute to hip-hop superstar Jay-Z while inducting him into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Dave Chappelle Chappelle introduced the rapper-turned business mogul, real name Sean Carter, to a 12,000-strong audience in Cleveland on Saturday.

Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos is still supportive of comedian Dave Chappelle, as he proved at last night’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Cleveland. Sarandos, joined by his wife, Nicole Avant, was there to support his father-in-law, former Motown Chairman Clarence Avant, who was getting inducted

Things are strange this Halloween season, according to host Bill Maher on tonight’s HBO episode of Real Time.

Caitlyn Jenner says the controversy over Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special The Closer is about “woke culture run amok.”

Caitlyn Jenner came to Dave Chappelle’s defense amid the controversial comments that he made in his new Netflix comedy special, which target the LGBTQIA+ community.

Dave Chappelle amid an ongoing fallout with Netflix.Chappelle’s new comedy special The Closer has prompted backlash from the LGBTQ community for comments deemed transphobic.“They cancelled J.K. Rowling – my god,” Chappelle says in the show.

THR.Morris, who was the one to bring up the Chappelle special during the interview, called it “brilliant.” The original member of the “Not Ready for Primetime Players” then questioned the interviewer, Seth Abramovitch, being “upset” by the material. Abramovitch expressed that he felt Chappelle “was really going after trans people.”“They were going after him,” Morris interjected, according to the Q&A-style writeup.

Caitlyn Jenner is the latest celebrity to speak out about those controversial Dave Chappelle remarks.

controversial Netflix comedy special “The Closer” after his comments about the trans community raised some eyebrows.The comedian, 48, shared a five-minute video on Instagram Monday where he performed standup and responded to the backlash. Chappelle stated that he will meet with transgender Netflix employees, however, he won’t be “bending to anybody’s demands.”“To the transgender community, I am more than willing to give you an audience, but you will not summon me.

Bill Maher has never been shy about expressing some often-unpopular opinions, and he continued that tradition on Friday night’s edition of “Real Time with Bill Maher”.

"Real Time" host Bill Maher offered a strong defense of fellow comedian Dave Chappelle amid the uproar over Chappelle's Netflix special.  The streaming giant has stood behind "The Closer," which critics have decried as "transphobic" over remarks Chappelle made supporting J.K.

 new Netflix comedy special, “The Closer.”Stewart, 58, told TMZ Thursday that Chappelle, 48, is “one of my favorite people on the planet” and that his intentions are “never hurtful.” Chappelle has been under fire since the release of “The Closer” earlier this month, in which he declared himself to be a “trans-exclusionary radical feminist” (TERF). “They canceled JK Rowling — my God.

As the controversy surrounding comedian Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special The Closer continues, his peers are reaching out in support.

Netflix boss Ted Sarandos has admitted he “screwed up” after defending Dave Chappelle’s new comedy special.Chappelle and Netflix were criticised by the LGBTQ community over several jokes featured in his new special, where he labelled himself “team TERF” when discussing the controversy surrounding Harry Potter author JK Rowling.In the wake of the special’s release and subsequent controversy, Netflix then fired an employee for leaking information about the special.Sarandos had sent a memo to

Today was a big day for Netflix, which reported strong quarterly earnings and “mind-boggling” 142 million households that have sampled runaway hit Squid Game. But the celebration was subdued in the streamer’s upper echelons as the company is still reeling from the internal — and external — backlash against transphobic statements in Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special The Closer.

Hannah Gadsby is speaking out.

The Netflix/Dave Chappelle drama over his recent special, “The Closer,” doesn’t seem to be calming down anytime soon. And while Chappelle himself has stayed out of the discussion, the surprising villain that is seemingly coming out of this whole situation (in the eyes of the LGBTQ+ community, at least) is co-CEO Ted Sarandos, who unabashedly came out in support of Chappelle’s special, which many say contains transphobic material.