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Dave Chappelle discusses Charlie Kirk's death numerous times in his new surprise comedy special, The Unstoppable.
The comedian reacts to white Kirk fans claiming that he was "this generation's Martin Luther King."
Chappelle, who has made controversial remarks about trans people, also jokes about reports that transgender messages were inscribed on the bullets that killed Kirk.
Dave Chappelleis addressing the death of Charlie Kirk.
The comedian discussed the September killing of the Turning Point USA founder and conservative media personality in his new surprise comedy special,The Unstoppable.
"If you talk for a living and see Charlie Kirk get murdered that way, Imma be honest, n----: I was shook," Chappelle said in the Netflix stand-up show. "I mean, Charlie Kirk was the wholesome white guy. And they killedthismotherf---er? I said, 'These whites…never seen 'em like this. They're playing for keeps!'"
Chappelle also joked that his pastanti-transgender remarkswould make him a target, too. "When all the information was still shoddy, they came out, they were like, 'Apparently there were transgender messagesinscribed on the bullets,'" he said. "I was like, 'Oh no! I'm dead as fried chicken!'"
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The comedian added that he doesn't know what to make of Kirk's death. "I'm not making light of Charlie Kirk dying, but I'm not sure what it means, and I'm not sure I believe what they say it means," he said on the special. "I'll tell you what I don't believe, and the whites were quick to say this. They said, 'Charlie Kirk is this generation's Martin Luther King [Jr.]' No, he's not! Yeah, that's a reach."
Chappelle then tried to unpack the comparisons between the two figures. "You know, they both got murdered in a terrible fashion," he said. "They both got shot in the neck. But that's about where those similarities ended."
The comedian continued, explaining why he thinks the two men were completely different. "Charlie Kirk is a motherf---in' internet personality," he said. "By design, fundamentally, he can't function like Dr. King. Internet n----s are negative because they have to be, 'cause nobody will engage them unless they say s--- that makes them upset. That's Charlie Kirk."
Chappelle joked that King's message wouldn't have sounded right if it had been delivered in internet lingo. "Could you imagine if Dr. King was behaving like Charlie Kirk?" he asked. "'Smash that like button and subscribe! Follow me for more content like this! I believe all Black people should be free — change my mind.'"
The comedian also weighed in on Congress voting to make Oct. 14 National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk. "Everybody voted for it," he said, prompting boos from the crowd in Washington, D.C. that Chappelle waved off. "No, no, I'm not gonna boo it. Remember that n---- if you want to. And remember him however you want to. But I do know that most of those Congresspeople voted for that 'cause they're afraid of political violence."
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Chappelle later brought up Kirk and King inThe Unstoppablewhile sharing an anecdote about Stevie Wonder. "A lot of people don't know that Martin Luther King, unlike Charlie Kirk, had a harder time being remembered," he said. "That the only reason that Martin Luther King's birthday is a holiday is because the King family and Stevie Wonder lobbied very hard and very long for that holiday."
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The comedian invoked Kirk once more while discussing his shock at his friend Nipsey Hussle's murder in 2019. "This is why I feel for Charlie Kirk's fans — because I know what it's like to see someone you look up to and admire gunned down by a f---ing nobody," he said. "Oh my God. It's so hard to accept that."
Near the conclusion of the special, Chappelle brought up Kirk once again, comparing himself to the murdered pundit. "My voice has become more powerful than I intended it to be, and I cannot let these n----s do me like Charlie Kirk," he said. "Or even worse than that, what if these n----s trip me up somehow, co-opt me, and then make me say the things that they want me to say? We can't have that."
The Unstoppableis streaming now on Netflix.
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