In a new interview, the 'Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show' star shares insight into the beef between him and his fellow comedian following the latter's anti-trans jokes.
- Apr 4, 2024
AceShowbiz - Jerrod Carmichael slammed "egomaniac" Dave Chappelle in a new interview. "The Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show" star shared insight into the beef between him and his fellow comedian following the latter's anti-trans jokes.
While speaking to Esquire magazine, Jerrod said that Dave joked about the set and "referred to it as the bravest special for 1996." Jerrod shared, "And it's like, that's a funny enough line, whatever, but I wonder if he gets the irony that the fact that you are mocking it even then is why it was hard."
"He took it as 'F**k Dave Chappelle,' because he's an egomaniac," Jerrod, who came out as gay publicly in his April 2022 HBO special "Rothaniel", continued. "He wanted me to apologize to him publicly or some s**t."
In the new interview, Jerrod also clarified his original criticism against Dave. He shared that he didn't think the comedian was revealing anything personal about himself with them because "he's removed from what he's talking about." However, he was just trying to point out that he thought Dave is "smarter than that and deeper than that and has more interesting thoughts."
Jerrod previously slammed Dave who made jokes about trans people in his special "The Closer. In a 2022 interview with GQ, he asked, "Chappelle, do you know what comes up when you Google your name, bro? That's the legacy? Your legacy is a bunch of opinions on trans s**t? It's an odd hill to die on."
"And it's like, 'Hey, bro. Who the f**k are you? Who do you f**k? What do you like to do?' " he continued. "Childish jokes aside, who the f**k are you? It's just kind of played. But he's choosing to die on the hill. So, alright, let him."
