*Dave Chappelle is drawing scrutiny after telling a sold-out Madison Square Garden audience that he has felt better since conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated. A leaked clip circulated online, followed by a statement from Kirk’s widow.
“I feel f***ed up saying this. It’s scary being a public speaker,” Chappelle said in the clip, as reported by TMZ. “And I mean look, ever since that guy Charlie Kirk got murdered … and I shouldn’t say this publicly, but I feel better.”
He continued: “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 footage made the rounds on X, with the Los Angeles Times reporting that the show was intended to be phone-free, but clips leaked online.
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Erika Kirk posted a statement on X Sunday criticizing people who treat political assassination as entertainment. She did not name Chappelle, but Variety connected her statement to the comedian’s remarks.
“To see leftist podcasters, comedians, and commentators laugh about political assassination as though it’s entertainment and the destruction of a human life is a punchline, is beyond disgusting,” Erika wrote. “My husband, Charlie Kirk, was killed in an act of political violence, something our two children and I will live with every day for the rest of our lives.”
She added: “A culture that laughs at assassination is one of profound moral decay. It threatens the very foundation of our country and the principles that hold our democracy together.”
The remarks revisit Chappelle’s earlier comments about Kirk in his Netflix special “The Unstoppable.” As TMZ noted, Chappelle rejected comparisons between Kirk and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., saying Kirk “fundamentally can’t function like” a civil rights leader and that internet personalities “are negative because they have to be.”
Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was shot and killed while speaking at Utah Valley University in September 2025. Utah resident Tyler Robinson has been charged in the killing; a charge is not a conviction.
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