Charlamagne tha God says he finds no humor in people being shot but that Chappelle is free to joke
Charlamagne tha GodCo-host of The Breakfast Club on Power 105.1 FM, on the show
On The Breakfast Club, Charlamagne tha God says he does not find humor in people being shot and does not want anyone shot over their opinions, while saying comedians have the freedom to joke about whatever they want.
“I don’t find the humor in people getting clapped, okay? Any of us can be shot, and I don’t want anybody getting shot because somebody disagrees with their opinion ... So yeah, you have the freedom to, you know, joke and talk about whatever you want to joke and talk about; but personally, I don’t want to deal with the energy of that.”
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Dave Chappelle jokes at Madison Square Garden that he has felt better since Charlie Kirk's murder; Piers Morgan, Elon Musk and Rob Schneider condemn the remark
During a show at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday, November 7, 2026, comedian Dave Chappelle said: "Ever since that guy Charlie Kirk got murdered, and I shouldn't say this publicly, but I feel better." Fan videos of the remark circulated online, and in another clip from the show he said Kirk was "looking up at us right now, laughing so hard he can't breathe." Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed at Utah Valley University on September 10, 2025. Piers Morgan called the remark disgusting, Elon Musk called Chappelle cruel, and Rob Schneider wrote that Chappelle had become a champion of senseless violence. Charlamagne tha God said he finds no humor in people being shot but that Chappelle is free to joke about what he wants. Erika Kirk, Charlie Kirk's widow, wrote without naming Chappelle that laughing about political assassination is beyond disgusting. Chappelle's representatives did not immediately respond to NBC News or HuffPost.
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Segment from The Breakfast Club on Power 105.1 FM, posted on the show's YouTube channel, in which the hosts discuss Chappelle's Madison Square Garden remark.
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HuffPost report of November 9, 2026 quoting Charlamagne tha God's remarks on The Breakfast Club, Chappelle's Madison Square Garden remark, Erika Kirk's post and Chappelle's earlier comments about Kirk in his Netflix special The Unstoppable.
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The Breakfast Club hosts discussed the video of Chappelle's Madison Square Garden remark on Monday, November 9.
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HuffPost reported the remarks as Charlamagne condemning the joke.
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The reference point is Dave Chappelle's November 7, 2026 remark at Madison Square Garden that he has felt better since Charlie Kirk was murdered. Charlamagne rejects the humor in the remark but affirms Chappelle's freedom to make it, which is a mixed position.
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