Jon Stewart defended his friend Dave Chappelle during his appearance on “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” Tuesday evening, commenting on the comedian’s recent “Saturday N…
“Everybody calls me like, ‘You see Dave on SNL?’ And I say yes, we’re very good friends. I always watch and send nice texts,” Stewart began. “‘He normalized antisemitism with the monologue.’ I don’t know if you’ve been on comment sections on most news articles, but it’s pretty normal. It’s incredibly normal. But the one thing I will say is I don’t believe that censorship and penalties are the way to end antisemitism or to gain understanding. I don’t believe in that.
Both comedians, Chappelle and Stewart have been friends for many years. The pair costarred in the 1998 comedy “Half Baked” and performed shows together through the COVID-19 pandemic. Stewart was also present during Chappelle’s May show in Los Angeles in which the comedian was attacked onstage.
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