Of the comedian and 'Sticks and Stones' star, the podcast giant says on 'The Joe Rogan Experience', 'He's just a guy who loves this artful called stand-up comedy.'

• Oct 21, 2021

AceShowbiz - Dave Chappelle has found a supporter in Joe Rogan. The podcast giant defended the comedian, who received backlash over his "transphobic" remarks on his Netflix special "The Closer", in the Tuesday, October 19 episode of 'The Joe Rogan Experience'.

In the installment, Joe shared he and Chappelle have "texted back and forth" about the Netflix drama and that he's "riding out the storm." Of the comedian, who declared himself as TERF (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist), Joe insisted, "Because he's not a homophobic or transphobic person. He makes fun of himself."

Joe went on to defend his pal, "It's fun, it's just making jokes, that doesn't mean hate. This is the problem with today. If you don't have an enemy, you make an enemy… We look for things. Like if people really hated you and they were the enemy, people that just joked around about stuff wouldn't be thought of as the enemy."

"As the level of people truly hate you drops, you start looking for equilibrium at what you're upset about. So now you're more upset about jokes, now silence is violence. And now, you know, you can't just be this, you have to be that. And it becomes this weird control level… when you start equating jokes with, like, real feelings, they're not the same thing," Joe continued.

Joe then talked about claims that certain ideas can't be "made fun of," calling it "dangerous." Joe shared, "If you get down to Dave Chappelle's real feelings, he a lovely person. He's one of the nicest people I've ever met in my life. He loves everybody, He's not a hateful soul."

Of the "Sticks & Stones" star, Joe said, "He's just a guy who loves this artful called stand-up comedy and he tries his best to navigate this world of talking s**t about things and saying outrageous things that get huge laughs or placating really sensitive groups that feel like they are in a protected class. And then the other people that pile on to that also feel this is a protected class and they equate any jokes with hate. This is when they're wrong. I'm telling you, Dave Chappelle does not hate anyone or anything. His jokes are just that. They're just jokes."

"Just pay attention to the overall message. It is in no way transphobic. It's just not," Joe insisted.