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Dave Chappelle Pitches Eddie Murphy on Joining Potential ‘Chappelle’s Show’ Reboot at AFI Gala

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Dave Chappelle Pitches Eddie Murphy on Joining Potential ‘Chappelle’s Show’ Reboot at AFI Gala
The Hollywood Reporter
Dave Chappelle Pitches Eddie Murphy on Joining Potential ‘Chappelle’s Show’ Reboot at AFI Gala
Murphy saw his life and career flash before his eyes thanks to a starry program and clips from his hits as he received the AFI Life Achievement Award: “I wish y'all can feel what I'm feeling, see what I'm seeing.”

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WontArnett Apr 19, 2026 +131
Oh, that’s why Dave is doing interviews denying he’s a conservative
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WontArnett Apr 19, 2026 +118
All the conservative president does is cry on social media and to the press. What are you even talking about?
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FadeTheWonder Apr 19, 2026 +83
All conservatives do is cry about literally everything.
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kafka_lite Apr 19, 2026 +23
...because it's not over how beautiful the mole on Trump's ass looks?
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topscreen Apr 20, 2026 +9
The conservative, Catholic VP is trying to Karen the Pope about Catholicism.
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Plenty_Structure_861 Apr 19, 2026 +10
Lot of liberals call themselves terfs and cozy up to elon musk? 
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Hydration__Nation Apr 19, 2026 +123
So is he trying to balance his trans hate with Eddie Murphys love of trans ?
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kafka_lite Apr 19, 2026 +45
Maybe he wants Murphy to bring back the 1985 homophobe jokes.
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DSMStudios Apr 19, 2026 +9
oh yeah! the ones where he used the word “f****t” over and over again? those ones?
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forkandspoon2011 Apr 19, 2026 +17
I always thought Eddie Murphy’s fall because of his love of trans sex workers was at the root of Dave’s hatred of the trans community.
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Ilikereefer Apr 19, 2026 +8
I would watch that documentary for sure
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DSeriesX Apr 21, 2026 -2
What’s a sex worker??
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Iateyourpaintings Apr 20, 2026 -3
More like Chappelle Show didn't truly blow up until Charlie Murphy's True Hollywood stories, so he probably figures he needs another Murphy to take from. 
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DirtzMaGertz Apr 20, 2026 +9
Chappelle was already a massive hit by the time they did the Rick James sketch in season 2.  Shit, it was a hit after the debut episode which was the the Clayton Bigsby episode 
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naitsirt89 Apr 19, 2026 +54
Maybe JK Rowling can appear in some of the sketches?? 
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SomewhereNo8378 Apr 19, 2026 +24
yes and elon can do an opening monologue 
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Next-Accident-2970 Apr 19, 2026 +6
Is it wrong to say that it was funny when Elon was booed when Dave brough him on stage? And Dave was like "Looks like these were the people who you fired."
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Threadheads Apr 19, 2026 +3
Bill Maher will probably get a recurring character.
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JasonVorhehees Apr 19, 2026 +29
Trying everytbing he can to repair his image now that everyone is tired of his shit
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mjc1027 Apr 20, 2026 +7
I used to love Dave, but that was a long time ago, and if he's seriously floating the idea of rebooting what make him, he must be truly desperate
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TRex_Chef Apr 19, 2026 +72
I dont think the world needs more of dave crying about trans people. He should go tour with jim bruer and leave normal folks alone.
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phono_trigger Apr 19, 2026 +55
I used to watch and rewatch all of his specials. He was easily one of my favorite comedians. Then he made a trans joke, got dragged on Twitter, and responded with that whole “Twitter is not a real place” line. But after that, he spent the next several years making specials centered around trans people, which made it pretty clear he was far more bothered by Twitter than he claimed. I haven’t watched anything from him since that second(?) Netflix special where he literally spent the entire show talking about trans people. I’m not even an LGBTQ ally beyond “they aren’t bothering anyone, so leave them alone. ” Dave’s trans obsession was just sad and exhausting.
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WontArnett Apr 19, 2026 +17
Sad and extremely odd. My guess is that he’s actually attracted to trans women.
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ProdigalSheep Apr 20, 2026 +5
Yeah, the lady doth protest too much.
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Kaiisim Apr 20, 2026 +2
Agreed. He was brilliant... honestly taught me stuff about America and racism. But then he decided that white transgendered women were the greatest threat to black people??? And wouldn't stfu about it.
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BromaEmpire Apr 19, 2026 +1
At a certain point I think the jokes were directed more toward people who were trying to tell him what he was/wasn't allowed to say or that he was cancelled, rather than trans community.
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GoldDoubleCup Apr 19, 2026 -10
Which one of these specials were centered around trans people? I feel like these exaggerations don’t help any minority cause.
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Professional_Net7339 Apr 19, 2026 +16
That 6 special netflix run from 2017-2020 something each had a 20+ minute segment specifically about trans ppl
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GoldDoubleCup Apr 19, 2026 -17
You don’t feel silly at all for exaggerating to this degree?
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ProdigalSheep Apr 19, 2026 +14
I don’t remember anything about those specials EXCEPT the fact that he was obsessed with trans people. It was all weird as hell.
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GoldDoubleCup Apr 19, 2026 -11
That seems to expose your bias more than anything
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ProdigalSheep Apr 20, 2026 +5
Bias toward what?
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betterplanwithchan Apr 20, 2026 +6
Maybe pattern recognition isn’t your strong suit.
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GoldDoubleCup Apr 20, 2026 -3
You have expressed no interesting thoughts and you have no value to me. Disappear.
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Agent-Two-THREE Apr 19, 2026 -18
Lmao seriously. Dont understand how this has morphed into Chappelle being transphobic. People just love to find any reason to hate on people. Chappelle was, and still is, the GOAT standup.
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ProdigalSheep Apr 20, 2026
I really don’t understand how people can justify applying this label to him. He had a couple good specials before he disappeared. His specials after returning have been okay. His show was great but that’s outside of the scope when the subject is greatest standup. I feel like there are a lot of comics way ahead of him in that conversation.
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Ok-Walk-8040 Apr 19, 2026 +12
Someone should let Dave know what kind of prostitutes Eddy Murphy likes to "give a ride home" to.
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GoldDoubleCup Apr 19, 2026 +3
I’m sure he would have a good laugh about it. Have you actually seen Dave act weird and phobic to people?
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CarrieDurst Apr 20, 2026 +8
Yeah like making up stories about trans people bullying someone to death
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GoldDoubleCup Apr 20, 2026 +1
I’m sure trans people have never bullied anyone but I was talking about his personal life, off the stage. Huge difference between media and reality.
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CarrieDurst Apr 20, 2026 +5
Never said that but there is absolutely no proof of it when there would be on twitter. His stand up shows his beliefs. media and your reality can interplay when you are the writer of it
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GoldDoubleCup Apr 20, 2026
Oh my God his stand-up shows his belief??? Hey so can you give me an example of this horrid transphobia? Because no one has explained it to me. It should be really incredibly simple to explain. At some point you have to understand that the Internet has socially formed you into a control freak.
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CarrieDurst Apr 20, 2026 +5
His wholesale lying shows his belief yes, and I just listed an example. A person he knew who he claimed was a friend committed suicide because she lost custody of her kid and her job. He made up her being bullied by trans people for days and saying that is what drove her to suicide when that is false and her friends who knew it also spoke out against his lies. He didn't even know his 'friend' has a kid
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GoldDoubleCup Apr 20, 2026
You’re saying he’s lying in a stand-up comedy show? Like making up a story? Are you saying that he didn’t talk to a baby on the street at midnight?
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CarrieDurst Apr 20, 2026 +5
There was no absurdity in the story, nor were there any jokes outside his misgendering. The baby in the street is obviously satirical to get a laugh while this part was not. He is getting more into fart sniffing and less jokes and this fell into the non joke part
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dj_ethical_buckets Apr 20, 2026 +2
Yeah he got sixty million dollars for it
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GoldDoubleCup Apr 20, 2026 +1
What did he say?
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dj_ethical_buckets Apr 20, 2026 +4
He said he was team TERF and then did a terrible Chinese accent
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Fandam_YT Apr 19, 2026 +22
When Murphy apologised for his homophobic jokes he did so when he still had a successful mainstream acting career going, and the jokes he made he had done so when he was in his early 20s. Chappelle is starting his apology tour out of sheer desperation after spending years tanking his own image with an increasing number of people who were either hurt, offended, or just plain tired of the same shit jokes. Jokes that he has been making comfortably into his 50s. Eddie is well liked and has evolved as a person, Dave is not and has not.
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simpleflavors1 Apr 19, 2026 +8
Bring back Wanye Brady!
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Fandam_YT Apr 19, 2026 +6
Yeah he and Chappelle probably exchanged numbers when they were performing in Riyadh together
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Blacknite45 Apr 19, 2026 +12
He could probably tell some hilarious Charlie Murphy stories  Not sure which would play him tho 🤔
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MacAndCheese45 Apr 19, 2026 +3
Darkness!!!!!!!!!
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Hosni__Mubarak Apr 19, 2026 +9
The anti trans comedian wanting to pair together with the exceptionally pro trans comedian is a take.
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mishma2005 Apr 19, 2026 +8
I would think even Eddie Murphy isn’t that stupid to consider this but who knows?
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Legate_Raiden Apr 20, 2026 +1
He ain't going to Jesus, he's a proud mooselimb
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MazzIsNoMore Apr 19, 2026 +5
He's not and he doesn't need the money.
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whatidoidobc Apr 19, 2026 +11
F*** Chappelle and f*** Murphy if he takes him up on it.
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Legate_Raiden Apr 20, 2026 +2
He's trying so hard to get back in the spotlight after that SA bullshit. Ain't happening man. Enjoy retirement, b****. Hope the bag was worth it.
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appleparkfive Apr 20, 2026 +2
If Neal Brennan isn't involved, this is going to be a disaster of a show
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Alarming-Cupcake1569 Apr 20, 2026 +1
Ah pulling an Eminem aye smart.
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Nutterbutters45 Apr 20, 2026 +1
Dave should’ve just kept the show going, his characters are all gonna be creepy as shit now with his deep ass voice lol
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RollingDownTheHills Apr 20, 2026 +1
Will this thing feature new jokes or just the same old tired bullshit he's been spouting for the past decade or more?
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Salt_Sherbert5313 Apr 20, 2026 +1
I'm for everyone's rights, .. but when Chappelle comes across trans people and people that are different than him..... I got to do a hard pass.... 👎
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Strange-Effort1305 Apr 21, 2026 +3
Ok Dave, run back to Saudi Arabia to murder some trans people.
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zubuneri Apr 22, 2026 +3
Dave used to be the comedian. Now he’s the punchline. 
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Embedded_Vagabond Apr 19, 2026 -4
Anyways besides all the trans hate stuff, It would be great to see Chappelle with Murphy just like the old show with Charlie Murphy
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WelcomeMysterious315 Apr 19, 2026 -18
I wasn't aware anyone gave a shit about Eddie Murphy or Dave Chappelle in 2026. Edit: I was clearly incorrect. Awful taste is alive and well.
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FadeTheWonder Apr 19, 2026
I love when people insult other people’s taste in humor or beauty or well anything that is subjective. It shows how small of a person they are.
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