“This man is kneeling on a man’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Can you imagine that ?!” Chappelle said as she stood up. “This boy thought he would die, he knew he would die. He called his dead mother.”
Chappelle noted that the scary “8:46” was also the time when the comedian was born.
Immediately, Chappelle admitted that a show that was far from social, recorded on June 6 in Yellow Springs, Ohio, was “a strange and less than ideal state for performing.”
He became rude about everything from Floyd’s death to the media in a set that was heavier on observation than a joke.
“What do you mean that you can kneel on a man’s neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds and feel like you won’t get God’s wrath?” Chappelle said. “That’s what is happening now. This is not for one policeman, it’s for all that.”
He takes exception to CNN’s Don Lemon, who accuses celebrities of “sitting in your big house and doing nothing.”
“Is that important about celebrities? No,” Chappelle said. “These are the streets talking for themselves. They don’t need me now.”
The comic also has harsh words for conservative commentator Candace Owens and Fox TV host Laura Ingraham.
