Dave Chappelle will not intertwine jokes and election news when “Saturday Night Live” airs its first episode after America determined that Donald Trump will become the 47th president of the United States.
Since 2016, the veteran comedian has had the privilege of providing the opening monologue on the first Saturday after election day. The race between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris had been declared one of the most consequential elections of this generation.
Fans are outraged after Dave Chappelle was replaced as host of the post-election episode of SNL. (Photos: Saturday Evening Live/YouTube)
Polls have shown Republican and Democratic candidates with nearly equal votes across the country ahead of the final ballot tabulation. When Trump won his first Oval Office victory, Chappelle noted that he “didn’t know Donald Trump would win the election” because “I know the white people.”
In 2020, when President Joe Biden defeated Trump, Chappelle had a 16-minute monologue. He jokingly thanked “God for COVID” because “something had to lock these murderous white people in the house.”
But when viewers tune in to the long-running sketch program on November 9, they will be greeted by his replacement and colleague comedian Bill Burr.
Dave Chappelle (L) replaced as host of “Saturday Night Live” for a post-election episode by Bill Burr (R) following Chappelle’s rumored split with NBC. (Photos: Saturday Night Live/YouTube.)
To the shock of many, the line-up was announced by “SNL” on October 31. A response read: “The post-election SNL host who isn’t Dave Chappelle is a crime. He won Emmys for his performances in 2016 and 2020.
One more comment read“Is Dave Chappelle on SNL this week? Keep the tradition alive! Whatever happens, half the country will be laughing.”
A third person on Twitter wrote“#SNL chose #BillBurr over Dave Chappelle for the post-election show. Swap #Chappelle for Burr eh? Well, that’s going to be a TOUGH show, you’re speaking to a nation that may not even know what to say. Bill better be on his A-game for this.
And a fourth Chappelle fan tweeted“To all the people upset that Dave Chappelle isn’t hosting the show after the election, the likely reason for this is that SNL must have seen all the backlash they got from trans people/allies when he last hosted in 2022 and decided it was so It was best if they didn’t do that again.”
Another one rejoiced“Finally not Dave Chappelle!”
A wave of backlash emerged in 2021 when the stand-up comic was accused of attacking the LGBTQ+ community in his Netflix special.The closer.” Amid the barrage of criticism, NBC, which airs “SNL,” opted to bring in Chappelle to host the program, leaving some fans saying they were “shocked” and “disappointed” by the decision.
However, claims of a strained relationship between the ‘Half-Baked’ star and the network surfaced after reports claimed he balked at a rehearsed monologue during the live-taped show.
Chappelle’s punchlines from the 2023 special “The Dreamer” led to attempts to cancel him again over transgender material.
Chappelle said on a Punchline show two weeks ago that SNL asked him to host the post-election slot and he turned it down.
— Ilya Abyzov (@IlyaAbyzov) October 31, 2024
One person on X claimed that the actor revealed during a recent comedy show that he turned down the gig.
“Chappelle said on a Punchline show two weeks ago that SNL asked him to host the post-election slot and he turned it down,” that person said. so-called. “He said why, but it’s a bit of a trust relationship with those shows, so I don’t want to blow that up. Let’s leave it at that: they did not agree on what grounds he could go into in the monologue.”
After the results of the 2024 presidential election, a different person posted“I still remember how heavy that first episode of SNL felt after the 2016 election, hosted by Dave Chappelle. Tonight feels just as creepy, same feeling – different font.
Neither NBC nor “SNL” producers have issued a statement regarding the decision to part ways with Chappelle. Burr, like his contemporary, is also embroiled in controversy offensive jokes he served the show.