Dave Chappelle opened up about the shocking incident surrounding activist Charlie Kirk in his new Netflix special, The Unstoppable, which was released on December 20.
The 52-year-old comedian described Kirk as “an internet personality” and “a healthy white man” and said his death was deeply disturbing.
Chappelle said it was difficult to speak freely in America, explaining that seeing Kirk fatally shot at a Utah middle school on Sept. 10 shook him.
The suspect, Tyler Robinson, 22, was charged with several crimes, including aggravated murder.
In the special, the comedy star also mentioned early reports that the bullets used in the shooting contained transgender messages, but those reports were later corrected.
He joked about his own past anti-transgender remarks and said he briefly worried he might also be a target.
However, Chappelle compared Kirk to Martin Luther King Jr., saying the comparison was not fair.
He said the only similarity was that both were shot and killed.
He described the late activist as someone who went online provoking reactions and used humor to show how different he was from Dr. King.
This wasn’t the first time Chappelle spoke about Kirk’s death, as he previously spoke about it at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in October.
Dave’s particular humor mixed with serious reflection shows how shocked and affected he was by the events.
