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Dave Chappelle "loves punching down" amid controversy over his trans jokes in new Netflix special 'The Dreamer'. The 50-year-old comedian tackled a broad range of topics in his first full-length stand-up special in two years but spent the first 12 minutes taking aim at transgender people. He opened with a story about visiting Jim Carrey while he was filming the 1999 film 'Man on the Moon;, where Jim stayed in character as comedian Andy Kaufman between takes. Dave explained that he spent the day pretending Carrey was Kaufman and was left feeling "very disappointed," adding: "That’s how trans pe...
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are said to have been incapable of “keeping their hands off each other” at ‘Saturday Night Live’. The singer, 33, and the Kansas City Chiefs player, 34, have been linked since she was spotted cheering him on at The Arrowhead Stadium on 23 September next to Travis’ mum Donna, while wearing a red-and-white Chiefs jersey. A source told Page Six about how they continued to make no secret of their romance by getting cosy when they turned up for a surprise visit to ‘SNL’ on Saturday (14.10.23): “They couldn’t keep their hands off of each other. “They were very touchy-fe...
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Sir Billy Connolly thinks a group of ageing “black comedians” are holding out against the so-called wokery he believes is destroying comedy. The 80-year-old former stand-up comedian, who is suffering from Parkinson’s disease, said he believes watching non-politically correct comics is “fantastically good” for the world – as he branded the woke movement “vomit-inducing”. He made the remarks in a joint interview with his psychologist wife Pamela Stephenson, 73, for The Guardian when asked what he made of modern showbusiness and who makes him laugh. Pamela said: “What about that TV show – you’re ...
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Pete Davidson is reportedly taking ketamine. The former ‘Saturday Night Live’ star, 29, is said to have told his audience at Madison Square Garden on Saturday (26.08.23) night, where he was warming up for Dave Chappelle, 50, he’s been using the horse tranquiliser – prompting speculation it is part of his treatments for depression. Page Six said when it checked with a friend of Pete’s they confirmed he has not just been using “a bit” of the drug. The party substance was approved by the Food and Drug Administration as a nasal spray, which Page Six says is the way Pete is taking it, in 2019, and ...
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Jack Nicholson attended his fourth basketball game in a row at the weekend. The 86-year-old actor - who leads his life largely out of the public eye these days - was joined by his actor son Ray and seated next to Dave Chappelle at the Crypto.com Arena on Saturday (20.05.23) to see his beloved Los Angeles Lakers in action against the Denver Nuggets in the Western Conference finals. However, the cheers of the 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' star were not enough to spur his team on because they lost once again, meaning Denver lead the Lakers 3-0 in the best-of-seven series, making them just one...
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Whitney Cummings fears comedians are being treated like the “enemy” amid woke culture. The comedian, 40, is set to launch her new series ‘Whitney Cummings Presents’ on free-to-view streamer OFTV in which she will interview fellow comedians to analyse the craft of forming jokes and said she wanted it to be a “safe space” where stand-ups did not need to feel intimated. She told Page Six: “I don’t have to tell you, over the past couple of years, comedy has taken quite a hit. “It became super obvious that there were some issues in our society… which you know, it’s usually our job to comment on and...
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Roseanne Barr has accused ABC of wanting her to "commit suicide" after she was fired from 'Roseanne' over racist tweets. The 70-year-old comic was dropped from the show, which was subsequently rebooted as 'The Conners', in 2018 after comparing White House advisor Valerie Jarrett to an "ape" in a light-night Twitter post she later claimed was written when she was on Ambien, and she's now blasted the "witch-burning" she was subjected to in the aftermath of the scandal. Roseanne - who also claimed she had no idea Valerie was black when she posted - said: “It was a witch-burning. They denied me th...
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Dave Chappelle doesn't care if people "take issue" with his jokes, but he warned cancel culture is in danger of "taking the nuance out of speech". The 49-year-old comedian has been targeted by protestors who have accused him of making transphobic jokes and he insisted those out to campaign again are not speaking from a place of "love" but because they want to be "feared". He said: "There's a thing they do where they deliberately obscure what I think they believe is the intent of my work to make a moment of it that I don't know that the work necessarily merits. You know what I mean? "I'm not ev...
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Dave Chappelle’s stage attacker has been sentenced to nine months in jail. Isaiah Lee, 24, who rushed the 49-year-old comic at the Hollywood Bowl on May 3 after being inspired by Will Smith’s Oscars slap, pleaded no contest at a court hearing on Wednesday (14.12.22) and was sentenced to 270 days behind bars. Lee, who police said was armed with a replica gun and knife, faced charges of assault and entering a restricted area, according to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office. He avoided a felony punishment as he didn’t produce the weapons he was said to be carrying during the on-stage assault....
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Elon Musk was booed when he was introduced as a surprise guest at a Dave Chappelle comedy show. The Twitter boss, 51, appeared shocked at the crowd’s reaction during the gig in San Francisco on Sunday night (11.12.2022) and stayed mainly quiet when on stage with the comic, asking him: “What should I say?” Referring to Elon’s sackings of Twitter staff, Dave, 49, joked: “It sounds like some of the people you fired are in the audience.” Footage circulated on Twitter of the embarrassing moment for Elon, who has stoked controversy since his $44 billion buy-up of Twitter by firing most of its workfo...
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