both offend and delight viewers, with public outcry over some of his jokes calling for the program’s removal from streaming.
However, the comedian maintains the full support of higher-ups on the Netflix platform. Chappelle’s standup, The Closer, has caused near-nonstop controversy since its October 5 release.
In it, the comedian makes a number of pointed off-color jokes about the LGBTQIA community, particularly mocking trans and nonbinary gender identification and aligning with trans-exclusionary radical feminists (TERFs).
Multiple equality groups and members of the LGBTQIA community have reportedly called for the special to be pulled over his offensive remarks, calling them transphobic and hateful.
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