John Mulaney Controversy: John Mulaney Has Been Criticised for Having Dave Chappelle Open His Ohio Show and Tell transphobic Jokes.

John Mulaney Controversy: Dave Chappelles appearance as the opener for John Mulaneys From Scratch tour on Friday night reportedly included the telling of transphobic jokes, which caused the audience to be surprised and some fans to express displeasure. The comedian John Mulaney drew criticism from these fans after the incident.

The opening set performed by Dave Chappelle took place in the Value City Arena in Columbus, Ohio, which is located on the campus of Ohio State University. Despite the fact that there is no footage from the event since attendees were instructed to lock their phones up before it began, numerous members of the audience took to social media after the show to express their dissatisfaction with the performance.

Chappelle Reported

Chappelle reportedly made a surprise appearance as the evenings opener and offered jokes that were directed at members of the transgender community. At the conclusion of the first set, it was rumored that John Mulaney stepped onstage and hugged Dave Chappelle. Several audience members took to Twitter after the show to voice their dissatisfaction with the performance:

yall ever hear ~12,000 people laugh at a transphobic joke, while youre a trans person in the audience who didnt know the transphobic comedian would make a surprise appearance at the John Mulaney show? yeah. wasnt fun. fuck you D.C.

In Recent Years

Chappelles stand-up has been built around jokes about transgender people. The comedian first caused trouble with jokes about trans people in Netflix specials like Sticks and Stones in 2019 and The Closer in 2021.

Groups like GLAAD and the National Black Justice Coalition criticized The Closer because Chappelle made rude jokes about trans women and did long bits in which he defended anti-trans comments made by rapper DaBaby and Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling. This month, Chappelle was tackled while he was performing at a Netflix is a Joke event. He caused more trouble when he joked that the person who attacked him was a trans man.

Mulaneys material is mostly not controversial, while Chappelles comments are often offensive and controversial. Mulaney doesnt usually talk about politics or social issues in his stand-up. Instead, he focuses on self-deprecating humor, stories from his own life, and his struggles with alcoholism and addiction.

After Mulaney started trending on Twitter the next day because of Chappelles surprise set, other comedians began to respond.

I pledge no anti trans weirdo surprise guests on my summer tour.

Tim Heidecker (@timheidecker) May 21, 2022

dave chappelle wont be dropping in on my shows, if thats what was stopping you from buying tickets.

kyle kinane (Austin TX 10/6-8) (@kylekinane) May 21, 2022

Reps for Mulaney and Chappelle did not respond right away to requests for comments.

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