Dave Chappelle has one big regret about his appearance on “Saturday Night Live” last November ― and it wasn’t a punchline.
Just days after Donald Trump was elected president, Chappelle went the magnanimous route during his monologue and asked viewers to give the new leader a chance.
On Monday, the comedian expressed regret for his “SNL” remarks at a charity event in New York City.
“I was the first guy on TV to say ‘Give Trump a chance.’ I f―ked up. Sorry,” he said at the Robin Hood Foundation benefit, according to MSNBC’s Willie Geist.
NBC via Getty Images Chappelle on "Saturday Night Live."
Rewind to Nov. 12, when Chappelle said on “SNL”:
“I’m wishing Donald Trump luck, and I’m going to give him a chance, and we the historically disenfranchised demand that he give us one too.”
Willie_Main on May 16th, 2017 at 14:51 UTC »
I think people are focusing too much on the first half of his statement and not considering the second half as much as they should:
Respect is a two way street. He said he was going to give Trump a chance if Trump provided a chance for others (yeah right...).
roostyspun on May 16th, 2017 at 14:08 UTC »
A strong man can admit his mistakes.
Cyberhwk on May 16th, 2017 at 13:38 UTC »
To be fair, it's not a bad sentiment. It just took about 0.3 seconds for Trump to exhaust any chance a reasonable person would give him.