Michelle Buteau blasts Dave Chappelle for anti-trans jokes in new Netflix special: ‘It’s not funny, it’s dangerous’

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frequently making jokes about the transgender community during a set in her new Netflix comedy special “Michelle Buteau: A Buteau-ful Mind at Radio City Music Hall,” which was released on Tuesday.Buteau, 47, brought up Chappelle after sharing an anecdote about a “black lesbian friend” of hers.Some in the audience laughed at the story, while others appeared uncomfortable.

Buteau drew attention to the diversity of those reactions, saying that comedians should be able “to tell jokes and stories and not disparage a whole community.”“We can do that.

We can make it funny,” Buteau told the crowd. “We just have to work at it, right?”Turning to Chappelle, she said, “So, if you ever run into Dave Chappelle can you let him know that s–t?“I don’t think he knows that s–t.”Jokingly referring to Chappelle as “the GOAT,” which typically abbreviates the moniker “greatest of all time,” Buteau said that where he’s concerned, “GOAT” actually stands for “going off on trans people.”“Dave, it’s not funny.

It’s dangerous,” she said to applause. “Make it funny.“I can’t believe somebody would make millions and millions of dollars for making people feel unsafe.