Dave Chappelle is unphased by his former high school canceling a fundraiser event honoring him.
The comedian was visiting Indianapolis Friday night for a screening of his “Untitled” documentary. Chappelle performed a 15-minute stand-up afterward, where he poked fun at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts for canceling the function that was raising funds for a new theater named after him.
“They’re canceling stuff I didn’t even want to do,” he joked. “If you think you’re mad at me, remember, I didn’t disinvite you from anything.”
His comments come as the Washington, D.C. arts school pulled the plug on the fundraiser following his harmful LGBTQ jokes in his Netflix special, “The Closer.” The event, which was initially scheduled for November 23rd, was met with immediate outrage from students who did not feel Chappelle should be celebrated after making such offensive jokes. They even threatened to stage a walkout if the school went through with the fundraiser.
The backlash from “The Closer” continues to plague the 48-year-old actor, who recently revealed that film festivals refused to show his new documentary. Despite the outrage and Netflix employees boycotting the special, the platform has stated multiple times that they will not remove it.
