Radio host Charlamagne tha God criticized comedian Dave Chappelle's joke about the assassination of Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk on Monday.
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Despite rules barring cell phones from the Madison Square Garden show, a video circulating on social media on Friday showed Chappelle appearing to make the remarks during his "Karmageddon" tour stop in New York City.
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"I feel f----- up saying this.
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It’s scary being a public speaker.
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And I mean, look, ever since that guy, Charlie Kirk, got murdered, and I shouldn’t say this publicly, but, I feel better," Chappelle said.
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After playing the audio of his comments on his radio show "The Breakfast Club," Charlamagne immediately responded that he didn't "find the humor" in the comment.
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"I don't find the humor in people getting clapped, okay?" Charlamagne said.
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"Any of us can be shot, and I don't want anybody getting shot because somebody disagrees with their opinion.
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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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Like I don't wish stuff like that on my worst enemy."
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Some of his co-hosts noted that the clip of Chappelle's comments was released without any additional context.
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Charlamagne agreed but remarked that it seemed like it was an "observation" made by Chappelle.
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"It just sounded like he made an observation — at least from what that clip just played, that it was just like he felt better after Charlie Kirk got shot and killed," Charlamagne said.
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Fox News Digital reached out to Charlamagne's and Chappelle's representatives for comment.
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In his comments, Chappelle described not only feeling "better" after Kirk's death but also experiencing unexpected high spirits after the news.
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"I just be driving around like, ‘Why am I in such a good mood?
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Oh!'" Chappelle remarked.
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Chappelle received backlash across social media for what some commentators called a "sick" joke.
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In response to the viral video, TPUSA pointed Fox News Digital to Erika Kirk's statement on X, in which she wrote that treating the destruction of human life as a punchline is "disgusting."
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"A culture that laughs at assassination is one of profound moral decay.
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It threatens the very foundation of our country and the principles that hold our democracy together.
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You do not have to agree with someone’s politics to recognize the value of their life.
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This should not be so hard," she wrote.
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In an interview with Fox News Digital, TPUSA spokesperson Andrew Kolvet made similar comments, acknowledging people's freedom of speech but encouraging a level of decorum.
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"We're not asking people to, you know, be evangelical Christians here.
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We're asking don't celebrate, condone or glorify political violence.
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Don't be happy when someone's assassinated.
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But if we don't keep it, then everything else falls apart," Kolvet said.
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Fox News' Max Bacall contributed to this report.
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