Dave Chappelle is as soon as once more utilizing real-life controversy as comedy gas, this time recounting an ungainly, in-hindsight second involving Diddy throughout his new Netflix particular.
In Dave Chappelle: The Unstoppable…the comic mirrored on a previous go to to Diddy’s Los Angeles residence, telling the viewers he had no thought what was allegedly taking place behind the scenes on the time.
“I’ve been to Puffy’s house,” Chappelle stated onstage. “No, I didn’t see none of the stuff they said in that trial. I walked to that n****’s living room. House is clean, traction on the floor, nothing slippery. You walk right through. Perfectly normal evening.”
The story took a flip when Chappelle described a dialog that, years later, he realized carried a really completely different that means. According to Chappelle, he was hanging out with Diddy on his again patio when the mogul requested a particular query.
“Puff started swirling his drink like this and he goes, ‘So Dave, what are you into?’” Chappelle recalled. “You know me, I was like, ‘I don’t know, n***a. Books, video games.’ I didn’t know that was my big chance to fuck Cassie.”
The joke landed with uncomfortable hindsight, referencing the latest allegations and authorized scrutiny surrounding Diddy and his former associate Cassie Ventura. Chappelle later shifted his tone, making clear he wasn’t mocking Ventura or her experiences.
Chappelle additionally addressed the viral lodge surveillance video exhibiting Diddy assaulting Ventura, which resurfaced after federal fees in opposition to Diddy grew to become public. He reminded the viewers that Diddy was not criminally tried for that incident and famous that Ventura’s civil lawsuit, filed in November 2023, was settled rapidly.
While the settlement quantity was by no means made public, Chappelle joked about trade rumors, earlier than pivoting again to empathy. “Cassie is a gangster,” he stated. “She did something I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy. She had to testify about her sex life. That’s tough.”