Dave Chappelle
I Feel Better After Charlie Kirk’s Death
Published
November 8, 2026
9:16 AM PST
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Updated
November 8, 2026
10:18 AM PST
9:07 AM PT — Erika Kirk posts on X, seemingly responding to Dave Chappelle‘s stand-up.
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Dave Chappelle told a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden last night that he felt “better” after the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
In a leaked clip that made the rounds on X, Chappelle said … “I feel f***ed up saying this. It’s scary being a public speaker. And I mean look, ever since that guy Charlie Kirk got murdered … and I shouldn’t say this publicly, but I feel better.”
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He added … “I know I shouldn’t say that, but it’s just a feeling. I didn’t ask to feel this way. I just be driving around like, ‘Why am I in such a good mood? Oh!'”
The comedian has been outspoken about Kirk in the past.
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In his Netflix stand-up special “The Unstoppable” … Chappelle railed against comparing Kirk to MLK Jr.
The comic complained that Kirk “fundamentally can’t function like” a civil rights leader … and that internet personalities “are negative because they have to be.”
As you know … Kirk was assassinated at Utah Valley University in Sept. 2025.