Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Dave Chapelle explains the Jussie Smollet affair

 

He's not backward in coming forward.




Personally, I think Jussie Smollet made up the whole thing to attack President Trump's policies and make himself look good to the DEI/BLM/Antifa crowd.  It's good to know some of his own people recognize that too, and aren't afraid to call him on it.

Peter


13 comments:

M said...

It follows a pattern where a person feels that he or she is losing popularity, and gins up a controversy to maintain or increase it.
Smollet, Kaepernick, etc.

Anonymous said...

Justice for Juicy

Don C. said...

French, gay, black. Dave left out - "tough call - which one is worst?"

audeojude said...

to hilarious :)

SiGraybeard said...

It may be that Dave is the only comedian who could do that skit, and I'm glad he did.

Sue in Oregon said...

Don’t forget Megan Markel.

Rick T said...

As I recall he was about to be fired from the show so he created the entire lynching fantasy for leverage against the showrunners.

Anonymous said...

One must admire Mr. Smollett's commitment to race-blind casting.

Old NFO said...

The only other comic I can thing of would be Flip Wilson who would have called him out like this.

Rick T said...

Richard Pryor would have lit Jussie up....

Anonymous said...

A victim of his own stupidity, imagination and perceived importance.

Bear Claw Chris Lapp said...

Chappelle has been one of the true funny people for a long time. Juicy Smollay phrase always has me ROTFLMAO

Aesop said...

Dave Chapelle is not one of Smollett's "people".
That was the point he was trying to make, without saying that obvious part out loud.
Chapelle is quite literally nobody's fool. But he's learned the lesson of medieval jesters:
When you crack people up saying it, you can make fun of anyone, even the king himself, without getting beheaded for rubbing their noses in the truth.