When it was announced that Dave Chappelle would be returning to host Saturday Night Live for the third time, taking place once again after a crucial election in the United States, many assumed that the Emmy-winning comedian would get this slot and use it to roast the political situation that occurred, but Chappelle had other targets in mind, roasting Kanye West and Kyrie Irving after the pair made headlines individually for their antisemitic behavior and language. While Chappelle had no shortage of jokes about how the Grammy-winner and NBA star conducted themselves, naturally he brought his own twist to it too.
Entering Stage 8H to the song “Try A Little Tenderness,” Chappelle’s monologue, which ran for an extended amount of time, nearly to the top of the hour, touched on a variety of other topics as well including Georgia senate candidate Herschel Walker, and, naturally, Donald Trump’s success in the 2016 presidential election. As one might expect, the controversial comedian’s monologue wasn’t exactly well received by all members of the audience. You can see what people are saying below.
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Kanye watching #SNL with #DaveChappelle pic.twitter.com/LTq9SoTnLS
Lol, Kanye West watching Dave Chappelle’s opening monologue #SNL #SaturdayNightLive pic.twitter.com/RU9xlOvqCD
Dave Chappelle Is BODYING SNL RIGHT NOW ?????? HE’S SAYING EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SAID RIGHT NOW
Ya… idk man but Chappelle has lost it. He’s it’s not funny like he used to. Lot of his recent stuff is bizarre. That monologue was choppy. No flow to it. Nothing hysterical. He was struggling to try to be clever and controversial but it wasn’t working.
“I denounce anti-Semitism in all its forms and I stand with my friends in the Jewish community. And that, Kanye, is how you by yourself some time.” – Dave Chappelle via ‘SNL’ pic.twitter.com/Jkj60QI1xS
Dave Chappelle monologue #SNL pic.twitter.com/1WAIRc296c
Let’s see what @DaveChappelle has to say on @nbcsnl ????? pic.twitter.com/ZKfqfVYmdE
Dave Chappelle on SNL tonight is kinda cringe. Wow. pic.twitter.com/qc7D4Cmtmu
The reason why @DaveChappelle is the best recent @nbcsnl host of all time….LMBO!!!! ???? @nbc #DaveChappelle #SaturdayNightLive #SNL #WXIA #NBC #WeekendUpdate pic.twitter.com/AhyNroo2wW
