Dave Chappelle calls women who accused Louis C.K. of sexual misconduct 'weak'

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• In his latest Netflix stand-up special, "The Bird Revelation," comedian Dave Chappelle discussed the allegations that Louis C.K. masturbated in front of multiple women.
• Chappelle called the allegations "terrible," but also said "his allegations were the only ones that made me laugh," and wondered if people's response was "disproportionate."
• Chappelle said one of the women, who said the incident stopped her from pursuing a career in comedy, was "weak."

In a new stand-up special for Netflix, comedian Dave Chappelle discussed the allegations that comedian Louis C.K. masturbated in front of multiple women. Chappelle talked about the subject at length, and said that one of C.K.'s accusers was too "weak" to pursue a career in comedy after an alleged incident with comedian.

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"Louis was like the turning point," Chappelle said in "The Bird Revelation," the second of two standup hours he released on Netflix over the weekend. "All these allegations were terrible. I shouldn't say this - but his allegations were the only ones that made me laugh. When you think about it, all his friends are reading it , and he's jerking off - he's surprising people. I just picture all the comics in comedy reading it like 'What?'"

"It's terrible, I know, it's terrible. I'm sorry ladies. You're right. You are right," Chappelle said. "But at the same time, I mean, you know what I mean. I don't know. Jesus Christ, they took everything from Louis. That was like, I don't know, it might be disproportionate. I can't tell. I can't tell. This is like where it's hard to be a man."

Chappelle then turned his focus to one of Louis C.K.'s accusers, the woman who told The New York Times that Louis C.K. masturbating in front of her stopped her from pursuing a career in comedy. (C.K. made a general statement that the stories of his sexual misconduct were "true.")

"You may have never had a dream," Chappelle said of the woman. "That's a brittle spirit." Chappelle continued to talk about the woman's lack of drive for a career in comedy, even comparing her to Martin Luther King Jr., who he said "actually had a dream."

"You think if Louis C.K. jerked off in front of Dr. King, he'd be like, 'I can't continue this movement?'" Chappelle said. "I'm sorry, but the freedom of black people must be stopped. I didn't know this n---- was going to pull his dick out and jerk off like this. I thought we were going to get a couple of drinks and chill."

"Show business is just harder than that," Chappelle said. "I hate to say it, ya'll, they [C.K.'s accusers] sound weak."

Chappelle also mentioned one of Louis C.K.'s accusers who said that he masturbated while she was on the phone with him. Chappelle dismissively wondered why she didn't know how to hang up the phone.

"How the f--- are you going to survive in show business if this is an actual obstacle to your dreams?" he said.