Comedy legend and longtime LGBTQ ally Cedric The Entertainer has some advice for transphobic comedian Dave Chappelle, although we’re not sure he’ll be interested in hearing it.
During a recent appearance on “The Domenick Nati Show,” the 57-year-old was asked what he thought about Chappelle’s ongoing war against cancel culture, to which he said his old friend needs to keep his ego in check or risk canceling himself.
“I think that you just gotta be watching,” he said. “Once you feel you’re un-cancelable, and you think that that’s what you’re fighting for, that’s the wrong approach to take.”
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When Nati suggested Chappelle might cancel himself, Cedric responded, “That’s my point. He will end up canceling himself if he feels like nobody can cancel him. That’s what happens. You end up getting in people’s heads in a way where they turn you off.”
“It ain’t even so much about everybody else turning you off. It’s people just decide if you think you’re bigger and better than everybody and you literally start believing that, then people start to go like, ‘You know what? F*ck you, dog!’”
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He reiterated the point again later in the interview by saying, “It’s people just deciding like ‘Dog, if you think you’re bigger and better than everybody, and you literally start believing that, then people start to go like, ‘Well, f*ck you.’”
This isn’t the first time Cedric, who voiced his full-fledged support for same-sex marriage in a 2012 interview with Ebony, has talked about Chappelle’s problematic brand of comedy. In 2019, he accurately predicted his jokes about LGBTQ issues wouldn’t age well, comparing them to the early work from Eddie Murphy.
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Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
SDR94103
cedric is no friend to the gay community. don’t be fooled, this is all about loyalty to race.
CHOCOLATEBEARCUB
RACE????
MISTERJETT
race??? the only mention of race that i read is only when you mentioned it.
jkb
Shut up.
Res1
What Cedric is saying makes no sense. No one is cancelling Dave because he’s an egoist. He doesn’t have a bad reputation in Hollywood clearly.
I’m sure this comment will be deleted for no reason just like every other comment I make on this website lately.
jkb
Where have you been. Dave thinks he can talk shit about trans people. Trans people and their allies are canceling Dave. But his ego is too big to admit trashing people less powerful than him is a bad look.
humble charlie
If only Cedric the Entertainer were funny or entertaining. His attacking Chappelle is like a poodle attacking a Great Dane. There’s a good chance Cedric the Barely Entertaining is canceling himself.
I don’t think Chappelle or Rowling are anti-trans. Attacks against them are hyperbolic nonsense.
Mack
You’re just another one of those trolls who comes in with their right wing bs.
Ronbo
Like most of us, we are tired of all the unnecessary hate being used to separate and divide us. For example, ask Mack to provide an actual transphobic quotation from Rowling. //Crickets//
Many mis-read Rowling’s speaking our in defense of women as a right-wing attack. Allowing high school / college boys into girls showers based upon merely saying the words, “I am trans” has dangers. Yes, there are trans people who would be more comfortable there; however, close your eyes and remember back to high school. Can you remember the boys who would LOVE to get into girls locker room? Using the words “I am trans” should NOT be the golden ticket for entitled and horny boys.
What about the girls? Girls that age are often body and self-conscious. Is the dysphoria created by forced exposure of their bodies to men to be ignored?
Providing safe spaces for all should be our goal. Schools should approach the issue on a case by case basis. Allowing girls to blackball who can and can’t step into their showers seems a solution. Believe me, they KNOW who is trans and who would play the system.
Cam
@Ronbo
This screename was exposed a while ago as just another one of the same old right wing troll acount names that always come in to attack LGBTQ people, and defend people who attack them.
Your troll game is sad and weak.
Ronbo
Cam, you KNOW that what you repeatedly say is not true. I KNOW it’s not true because I am me, and no one else.
Which… tells me that you are a liar. Yes, Cam, when you post false information, that makes you a liar. Which begs the question, why are you compelled to lie? Is it that you can’t argue on the facts so you attack the person? It’s called an ad hominem attack and If you read up, it’s an attempt to silence people.
We all have different opinions. I back my opinion up with logic, reason and facts. Girls can and do experience pain and anguish, just as do trans individuals. I suspect that you experience pain; I’m sorry for your situation. However, lying and personal attacks are just plain wrong.
Moderators, please note your Terms of Service regarding targeting individuals and let Cam know that violation of your rules could result in being blocked. Our community has enough problems, Cam. Lying and deception are not tolerated.
Fahd
Chappelle is canceled for me, and it happened just the way Cedric the Entertainer said it would.
CHOCOLATEBEARCUB
And Life goes on!!
Hank31
#LGB4DC #BeetJuice
LeBlevsez
Sorry, Hank. He’s not inviting you for Christmas.
Heywood Jablowme
Ha, if Chappelle actually met Hank31 he’d probably rethink his views on trans issues.
cliche guevara
No need to say anything critical about Chappelle, having Hank’s endorsement is insulting enough. I actually feel a little sympathy for DC.
Cam
Chappelle made the same transition so many make. They go from edgy, insightful, and interesting, to becoming uber wealthy, where they become whiney victims punching down.
Kangol2
I’ve found it very curious that Dave Chappelle is being defended by many of the same White people (like that horrible racist Andrew Sullivan) who are freaking out about the non-existent “critical race theory” that is supposedly being taught in schools, mainly because they claim it teaches White children to “hate themselves” and ask difficult questions about US history. Chappelle is quite clear in the special when it comes to his criticism of White people, especially White gay people, but strangely, because he has taken and is doubling down on what are considered anti-trans positions, even labeling himself “Team TERF,” his new supporters are willing to overlook those trenchant critiques of racism and White supremacy. Talk about strange bedfellows. It really is something to witness. He also is anything but canceled!
Jack
Dave Chappelle had an insanely successful career and decided to disappear to a quiet life in Ohio. Damn, I wish it had stayed that way. This time it will be the public deciding that he disappear.